15.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carlaminda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carlaminda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Carlaminda provide unpaid care for children, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family responsibility is a defining feature of the local community's daily life. While many residents focus on home and family, others contribute through volunteering and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 34.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare and another 34.6% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures far above national trends. However, the 11.5% who provide other forms of unpaid care is about the same as the state and national figures.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 34.6%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates seen across Australia and New South Wales.
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 Carlaminda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10816/carlaminda/topic/community