18.9% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cardigan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cardigan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Cardigan provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community where many residents take on significant caring roles and volunteer their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 19% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 35.5% of people caring for children and 25.5% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Overall, 13.8% provide some form of unpaid care, which is higher than in most areas.
13.8% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.5% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 1.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Victorian rate.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 Cardigan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20485/cardigan/topic/community