13.5% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Charlestown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Charlestown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state and national figures, 30.5% of people in Charlestown provide unpaid childcare. This highlight marks the area as a place where a high proportion of residents are heavily involved in caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 13.5% of people helping out, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common, with 12.8% of people doing so. A little above the national figure, 22.4% of residents also spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
12.8% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Charlestown have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 3.3%.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Charlestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10884/charlestown/topic/community