30.1% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carrajung · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carrajung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge proportion of people in Carrajung give their time to others, with 30.1% of residents volunteering. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. It suggests a community where helping out is a common part of daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.1% of people helping out. This is much higher than most areas and far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12% of residents provide unpaid care—about the same as the national figure—very few people here care for children unpaid, at just 9.6%. This is far below the 26.3% seen in Victoria and Australia.
12.0% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.6% ▼ -64.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Carrajung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20502/carrajung/topic/community