11.5% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cardiff South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cardiff South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 30.3% of people in Cardiff South provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. While family care is common, the area sees much lower rates of volunteering than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here at 30.3%, well above the New South Wales average of 25.3%. Meanwhile, 13.1% of people provide some form of unpaid care, and 20.2% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.1% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.6% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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).
More for Cardiff South
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Cardiff South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10810/cardiff-south/topic/community