14.8% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Camden Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Camden Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family responsibilities stand out in Camden Park, where nearly 34% of people provide unpaid childcare. This is well above both the state and national figures, reflecting a community with a strong focus on home and family care. Other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering and military service, remain more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the New South Wales figure and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 33.9% of people caring for children—a figure well above the Australian average. Additionally, 24.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is also well above state and national levels.
12.6% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
2.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Camden Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10771/camden-park/topic/community