7.5% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carrum Downs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carrum Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 8% of people volunteer in Carrum Downs, which is one of the lowest rates for any similar area. While few people give their time to organised groups, a larger share of the community is busy with unpaid family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 28.1% of people providing this care, which is a little above the national figure. However, the 17.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the Australian average of 20.7%.
12.0% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
2.0%
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 Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20508/carrum-downs/topic/community