14.5% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carters Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carters Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Carters Ridge have stayed steady since 2011, with 14.5% of people giving their time. This community sees a high amount of home-based work and a strong presence of former defence personnel compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high number of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, at 25.9%, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, 23.9% provide unpaid childcare and 10.8% provide general unpaid care, both of which are a little below the national figures.
10.8% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.0% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national average.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Carters Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30555/carters-ridge/topic/community