16.8% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cardross · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cardross
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Cardross provide unpaid care for children, reflecting a community with a strong focus on family and home life. This is a place where residents are more likely to help out at home and in their community than people in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is higher than most areas, with 26.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure, alongside higher rates of people providing unpaid care (14.4%) and caring for children (27.4%).
14.4% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with 1.8% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Cardross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20488/cardross/topic/community