21.2% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Camperdown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Camperdown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Camperdown volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This strong local involvement is a standout feature of the area's community life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.2% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people providing care and 25% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both figures well above the Victorian average. However, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national figure at 21.2%.
14.5% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Camperdown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20460/camperdown/topic/community