14.5% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Capertee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Capertee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Capertee has remained steady over the last decade, though it shows an unusually high rate of former service members. While volunteer numbers are typical for the country, the area stands out for its high proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure of 14.1% and a little above the New South Wales rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care varies across the area; while 13.7% of people provide unpaid care—a little above the national figure—the number of people caring for children is far below the Australian average at 16.2%.
13.7% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas, with 4.2% of residents having served.
4.2%
Higher than 74% 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 Capertee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10801/capertee/topic/community