13.2% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Catalina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Catalina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of veterans live in Catalina, where 4.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force. While this is much higher than in most areas, other forms of community contribution and unpaid care are generally lower than across the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas, though this is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 18.5%, well below the national figure. However, 13.6% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the New South Wales and Australian averages.
13.6% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
The share of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.6%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the state and national figures.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Catalina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10852/catalina/topic/community