31.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caparra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Caparra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Caparra get involved in their community than in most similar areas. This is most evident in the high rate of volunteering, with 31.4% of residents giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.4% of people helping out, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 33.3% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the 19.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
11.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 more common in Caparra than in most other areas, with 5.4% of people having served, which is well above the state figure of 2.3%.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Caparra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10799/caparra/topic/community