0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carrington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carrington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stark gap separates Carrington from the rest of the country when it comes to community roles, particularly in volunteering. While unpaid care is very common here, almost no one in the area reports volunteering their time, a figure far below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Not a single person in Carrington reports volunteering, which is far below the 13% recorded across New South Wales and the 14.1% seen nationwide.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 53.8% of people doing over 15 hours of housework and 26.9% providing unpaid care—both figures far above the national average. This happens despite the fact that those caring for children unpaid (15.4%) are well below the state figure of 25.3%.
26.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
53.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 53.8%
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 this area than in most others, with 0.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Carrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10828/carrington/topic/community