16.0% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carpenter Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carpenter Rocks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents in Carpenter Rocks have served in the Defence Force, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas. While volunteering levels are about the same as the state figure, the community is marked by a high rate of people doing significant unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas but still a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work varies widely here, with 26.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, those providing unpaid care or looking after children are much lower than in most other areas.
6.7% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 4.1% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Carpenter Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40228/carpenter-rocks/topic/community