20.3% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cawongla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cawongla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 32.8% of people in Cawongla spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is far above the national figure, and reflects a community where residents are highly active in both domestic duties and local volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 32.8% of residents do significant housework, only 7.3% provide unpaid care and 16.4% care for children. Both these figures are much lower than in most other areas.
7.3% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.4% ▼ -48.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 32.8%
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 more common in Cawongla than in most areas, with 5.0% of people having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Cawongla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10863/cawongla/topic/community