7.3% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cairnlea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cairnlea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.3% of people in Cairnlea volunteer, a figure that is well below the Victorian and national averages. This gap highlights a low level of community participation compared to most other areas. Other forms of unpaid work and service also tend to be lower than typical.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for areas like this, sitting at 7.3%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.1% of residents provide unpaid care and 27% care for children, both of which are about the same as the national average. However, only 16% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much lower than most areas.
12.1% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.6% of the population, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.6%
Lower than 71% 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 Cairnlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20441/cairnlea/topic/community