18.1% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Camperdown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Camperdown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering has grown in Camperdown, where 18.1% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure. However, the area has very few people providing unpaid care or housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.1% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas. Only 8.0% of people provide unpaid care, and just 12.7% care for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
8.0% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.7% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.8% ▲ +32.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most other areas, with 1.4% of residents having served. This is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Camperdown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10780/camperdown/topic/community