13.7% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cattai · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cattai
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Cattai compared to most similar areas. While 31% of residents provide unpaid childcare, other forms of community contribution like volunteering and defence service are less common than in many other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people in Cattai volunteer, a figure that is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the New South Wales and Australian totals.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 31% of people providing unpaid care for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with a higher than usual 27.9% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
11.5% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
Defence service is less common than in most areas, with 2.0% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Cattai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10858/cattai/topic/community