14.0% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Charnwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Charnwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Charnwood has shifted, with 4.4% of residents now having served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas. While unpaid care for children is common here, volunteering levels remain lower than the territory average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people in Charnwood volunteer, which is well below the ACT figure of 18.4% and lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common, with 31.3% of people providing this support, well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 13.2% of residents provide other unpaid care, which is around the middle for similar areas.
13.2% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
A significant 4.4% of people here have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national average.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Charnwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80035/charnwood/topic/community