10.9% ▼ -70.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carapooee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carapooee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Carapooee do unpaid work at home than in most other areas. While 34.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, the community is less likely to volunteer for local groups compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 19.6% providing unpaid care and 30.4% caring for children, both figures sitting well above the Victorian average. This is consistent with the 34.8% who do 15 or more hours of housework, a result far above the national figure.
19.6% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.8% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 34.8%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Carapooee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20481/carapooee/topic/community