11.1% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carrum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carrum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Carrum provide unpaid childcare, making it one of the most common activities in this theme. While many residents help out at home, the area has a much lower rate of volunteering than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.1% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.8% of people providing care and 27.6% looking after children, a rate slightly above the national figure. However, the 19.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
13.8% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the Victorian figure.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Carrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20507/carrum/topic/community