24.8% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Candelo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Candelo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Candelo than in the rest of the state. Nearly one in four residents gives their time to help others, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of helping extends into the home, where more people handle unpaid care and housework than is typical for most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.8% of people here are volunteers, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This level of community involvement is much higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. A little more people provide unpaid care here (14.1%) than in the state average, while child care remains about the same as the New South Wales rate at 25.3%.
14.1% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Around 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.1%
Higher 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 Candelo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10787/candelo/topic/community