15.3% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carlisle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carlisle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Carlisle provide unpaid care and housework compared to most similar areas. While 15.3% of the population volunteer, the area is marked by much lower rates of unpaid caregiving and domestic work than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in other areas, with only 9.5% of people providing care. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (15.5%) and those caring for children unpaid (23.1%) are both well below state and national levels.
9.5% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
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.
Around 2.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian and Australian averages.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Carlisle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50263/carlisle/topic/community