12.6% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Castlereagh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Castlereagh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid home and child care define the community in Castlereagh. While around 30.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, volunteer rates are much lower than in most other similar areas. This suggests a local focus on family and household responsibilities over external community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 30.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 30.7% caring for children, both figures well above the national average. However, 11.5% provide other unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
11.5% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.3% of the population having served, about the same as the New South Wales figure.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Castlereagh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10849/castlereagh/topic/community