6.3% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carnes Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carnes Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of residents in Carnes Hill provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This suggests a community focused heavily on family life, though other forms of community involvement are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low here, with only 6.3% of people helping out. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common at 34.6%, which is much higher than most areas. In contrast, the 10.9% of people providing other types of unpaid care is lower than most areas.
10.9% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
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: 39.7%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Defence service is less common in Carnes Hill than in most other places. Only 0.8% of residents have served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.8%
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 Carnes Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10819/carnes-hill/topic/community