17.6% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cammeray · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cammeray
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Cammeray has remained steady, with a strong local spirit seen in the high rate of volunteering. Nearly 18% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure. This commitment to helping out is a key feature of the area's social landscape.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of people taking part. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and higher than the 13.0% rate for New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 29.4% of people providing it, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, those providing other types of unpaid care or doing heavy housework are less common than in most other areas.
10.7% ▲ +17.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
About 2.2% of people in Cammeray have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Cammeray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10777/cammeray/topic/community