23.0% ▲ +122.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caroona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Caroona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people contribute their time to others in Caroona than in the rest of the state. This community shows a strong commitment to helping out, with 23% of residents volunteering and a very high number of people providing unpaid care for children and the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23% of people giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13% and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in the area; 38.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far above the national figure. Similarly, 36.8% care for children unpaid, and 23% provide other unpaid care, both of which are far above state and national levels.
23.0% ▲ —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.8% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.2% ▼ -36.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 38.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
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 Caroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10822/caroona/topic/community