8.4% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carlton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carlton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Carlton are involved in unpaid community work and volunteering than in most other areas. Just 8.4% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower-than-average participation extends to unpaid care and Defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, with only 8.4% of people helping out, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is lower than most areas at 22.7%, well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Similarly, 19.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure much lower than in most other areas.
11.4% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
Only 0.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the state figure of 2.3%.
0.7%
Lower than 69% 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 Carlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10818/carlton/topic/community