20.5% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caulfield North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Caulfield North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Caulfield North volunteer, which is a well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of the local area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.4% of people provide unpaid care and 25.9% care for children unpaid, only 16.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
13.4% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
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.
Only 1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Caulfield North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20523/caulfield-north/topic/community