15.7% ▼ -44.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carrathool · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carrathool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little more than 15% of people in Carrathool spend their spare time volunteering. This level of community involvement is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%, though this is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—only 15.7% do 15 or more hours of housework. This last figure is well below both the state and national averages.
10.8% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▼ -45.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
Around 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Carrathool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10826/carrathool/topic/community