16.6% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Captains Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Captains Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Captains Flat have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. This high level of service is matched by a strong volunteering spirit, with 16.6% of residents giving their time to help others. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.6% of people helping out. This rate is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 24.3% provide unpaid childcare, a rate a little below the Australian average.
11.0% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 a prominent part of the community, with 5.7% of people having served. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Captains Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10803/captains-flat/topic/community