9.2% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carool · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Carool has shifted over the years, though few residents now regularly volunteer. While only 9.2% of people give their time to organisations, a significant number of locals provide unpaid care for others in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.2% of people in Carool volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.6% of people providing it, which is well above the state average. However, those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 17.8%.
14.6% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.6%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
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 Carool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10821/carool/topic/community