13.2% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carss Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carss Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Carss Park has remained steady over the last decade, though unpaid care is more common here than in many other areas. While 14.3% of residents provide unpaid care, volunteering rates are lower than in most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people in Carss Park volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas but about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of residents providing support, which is a little above the state and national figures. This is seen in the 25.3% of people who do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a rate well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.3% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 25.3%
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, with 1.7% of the population in Carss Park having served, which is lower than most areas.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Carss Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10836/carss-park/topic/community