21.2% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carngham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carngham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Carngham volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This area shows a strong commitment to community and family support, particularly through unpaid care and household work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.2% of people helping out, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family support is a major feature of the area, as 42.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with 29.9% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Victorian average.
12.4% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.3% ▲ +55.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.9% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 29.9%
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 around the middle for similar areas, with 2.9% of people having served, about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Carngham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20499/carngham/topic/community