19.1% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cargo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cargo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping others defines Cargo, where nearly one in five people volunteer. This community sees much higher rates of unpaid care and volunteer work than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.1% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.0% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life, as 34.6% of people care for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside higher than usual rates of people providing other unpaid care (14.6%) and those doing over 15 hours of housework weekly (24.8%).
14.6% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
About 1.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Cargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10812/cargo/topic/community