18.8% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karangi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karangi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Karangi is marked by a strong commitment to helping others, with nearly 19% of people volunteering. This level of community spirit is well above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. Local residents are also more likely than most to spend their time on unpaid care and household work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 33.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the 20.7% seen across Australia. This is alongside higher rates of people providing unpaid care (14.1%) and those caring for children (29.1%).
14.1% ▲ +65.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.1% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 33.1%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 3.6%. This is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Karangi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12080/karangi/topic/community