12.6% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karabar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karabar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of Defence Force veterans live in Karabar, creating a notable gap compared to the rest of the country. While many residents are involved in unpaid care, the area sees much lower levels of general volunteering than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of people in Karabar volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 27.6% of people caring for children—a rate higher than most areas. However, the 19.0% of people doing over 15 hours of housework each week is much lower than in most other places.
13.0% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
A striking 5.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and much higher than most similar areas.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Karabar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12079/karabar/topic/community