27.7% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Castle Doyle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Castle Doyle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Castle Doyle volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community engagement is reflected in the way residents look after others, with many more people providing unpaid care and child care than is typical for Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.7% of residents helping out. This is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life in Castle Doyle. About 19.3% of people provide unpaid care and 32.8% care for children, both of which are well above the New South Wales and national figures.
19.3% ▲ +57.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure and lower than most other areas.
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 Castle Doyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10845/castle-doyle/topic/community