21.6% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carroll · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carroll
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Carroll volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong trend of giving back through unpaid work and support for others. These high rates of participation are seen across volunteering, caregiving, and former military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.6% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are much more likely to provide unpaid support than those in most other areas. This includes 29.3% caring for children and 15.1% providing general unpaid care, both of which are well above state and national levels.
15.1% ▲ +72.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.4%
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 little more than the national average of 2.8% have served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of the Carroll population having this experience.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Carroll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10831/carroll/topic/community