13.5% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kareela · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kareela
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Kareela has remained steady since 2011, though the area now sees a very high level of unpaid care. Roughly 32.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas. At 13.5%, Kareela is about the same as the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a major part of life here, with 32.6% of people caring for children and 26.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the New South Wales and Australian averages. Meanwhile, 12.4% of people provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.4% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 2.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Kareela [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12081/kareela/topic/community