22.6% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cambewarra Village · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cambewarra Village
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 22% of residents in Cambewarra Village volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This small area shows a strong trend of locals contributing their time to others, from community work to caring for family members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 22.6% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% national average, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in the village, where 30.3% of people care for children and 13.9% provide other unpaid care. Both figures are well above the state and national averages, with child care rising by 8.8 percentage points since 2011.
13.9% ▲ +33.0%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▲ +40.9%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▲ +38.6%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 high proportion of the community has a history of military service, with 9.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
9.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre 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 Cambewarra Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115037/cambewarra-village/topic/community