21.7% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Castle Rock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Castle Rock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Castle Rock, where 21.7% of residents give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and is higher than most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work and care are much lower than most areas; only 8.5% of people provide unpaid care, while 16.0% do 15 or more hours of housework, both well below the national figures.
8.5% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 New South Wales and Australian figures.
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 Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10847/castle-rock/topic/community