15.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Camira · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Camira
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and housework define Camira, where only 9.4% of people provide unpaid care. While these care figures are well below state and national levels, the area sees a slightly higher proportion of people giving their time to volunteer.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the figures for New South Wales and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is uncommon here, with only 12.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well below the national figure of 20.7%, and is consistent with the 18.8% of people who care for children unpaid, a figure well below the state and national averages.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national rates.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Camira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10776/camira/topic/community