16.2% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cavan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cavan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Cavan than in other parts of the country. While 16.2% of the community volunteer—which is well above the New South Wales figure—the levels of unpaid housework and caregiving are remarkably low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.2% of people helping out, a result that is a little above the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very uncommon in the area. Only 8.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, and no one reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework or providing general unpaid care, which is far below both state and national levels.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.1% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 reported serving in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
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 Cavan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10860/cavan/topic/community