14.1% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cardiff Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cardiff Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Cardiff Heights has remained steady, with a notable proportion of residents stepping up to support others. Around 14.1% of people here provide unpaid care, a figure that sits higher than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common for 14.1% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure and a little above the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.1% of people helping out. This is reflected in the 26.3% who care for children unpaid, a result that is about the same as the national average.
14.1% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 higher share of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of residents having served, which is a little above the state figure.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Cardiff Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10809/cardiff-heights/topic/community