15.8% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carrajung South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carrajung South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Carrajung South provide unpaid care, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community support defines the area's social landscape, though formal volunteering is less common than in many other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 23.7% of people providing care—far above the 11.9% national average. This includes 28.9% who do over 15 hours of housework weekly, though only 7.9% care for children unpaid, which is far below the state and national figures.
23.7% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.9% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 28.9%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20504/carrajung-south/topic/community