17.4% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carlton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carlton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 17.4% of people in Carlton volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. While community spirit is high, the area has very low rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few residents provide unpaid care, with only 6.6% doing so, which is well below the national figure. This is consistent with the low numbers of people caring for children (7.9%) or doing 15 or more hours of housework (9.4%) each week.
6.6% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.9% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.4% ▲ +32.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 0.7% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 Carlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20495/carlton/topic/community