12.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Charlotte Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Charlotte Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Charlotte Bay involves a high level of home-based responsibilities, with 37% of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework a week. This is far above the national figure. While many residents are busy with domestic duties, other forms of community involvement are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 12.3%, the rate is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common, with 31.9% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average. This is alongside a very high rate of housework, though the 9.4% of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the national figure.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 37.0%
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.
About 2.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Charlotte Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10886/charlotte-bay/topic/community