6.7% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carramar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carramar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 6.7% of people in Carramar volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This lack of formal volunteering is reflected across other areas of community contribution, with very low rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, at just 6.7%. This is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas. Only 17.3% of people care for children unpaid, and just 15.6% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below national levels.
9.2% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.7%. This is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 Carramar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10825/carramar/topic/community