19.4% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Castle Cove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Castle Cove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of residents in Castle Cove volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This is a community where many people give their time to others, both through formal volunteering and unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.4% of people volunteer here, which 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.
Unpaid work is common in the area, with 28.7% of people caring for children and 25.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the state and national averages.
13.2% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
Only 1.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Castle Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10844/castle-cove/topic/community