10.4% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Charlemont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Charlemont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 11% of people volunteer in Charlemont, meaning community involvement is quite low compared to other areas. While many residents spend their time caring for children, other forms of unpaid help and service are much less common here than across the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 30.0% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the state and national figures. However, other unpaid work is rare here; only 9.6% provide general unpaid care and 17.8% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are much lower than most areas.
9.6% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most places, with 1.5% of residents having served, a figure slightly below the national average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Charlemont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20533/charlemont/topic/community