29.0% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caragabal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Caragabal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Caragabal than in most similar areas, with 29% of the population giving their time. This high level of community involvement is seen alongside a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care and support at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 29% of people here are volunteers, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 34.7% of people caring for children—well above the Australian average of 26.3%. About 25.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though the 9.7% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the national figure.
9.7% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Caragabal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10805/caragabal/topic/community