18.7% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carlyle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carlyle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Carlyle, where 18.7% of people volunteer. This rate is well above the national figure and the Victorian average. However, the area sees far fewer people performing unpaid childcare compared to most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five residents volunteers their time, a figure that is well above both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%. This level of participation is around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far less common here than in the rest of the country, at 16.0% compared to 26.3% for Victoria and Australia. While fewer people do heavy housework, those providing general unpaid care sit at 13.3%, which is about the same as the state average.
13.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.0% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 residents reported serving in the Defence Force. This is a little below the figures for Victoria (2.0%) and Australia (2.8%), and is lower than most other similar areas.
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 Carlyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20497/carlyle/topic/community