18.0% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cartwrights Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cartwrights Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Mid-range levels of engagement define Cartwrights Hill, where residents are more likely to volunteer than in most other parts of the country. About 18% of people here give their time to volunteer work, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18% of residents pitching in. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% average for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is typical for the area, with 12.2% of people providing care and 25.9% looking after children. This aligns closely with state and national figures.
12.2% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Military service is also around the middle for similar areas, with 2.1% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Cartwrights Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10838/cartwrights-hill/topic/community