12.9% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karuah · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Karuah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Karuah spend their spare time volunteering, but there is a strong presence of people who have served in the military. While only 12.9% of people volunteer, the area has a much higher proportion of former Defence Force members than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2011, with 12.9% of people now helping out. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The share of people providing unpaid care is much higher than most areas and rose to 14.8%. However, those caring for children unpaid are well below the New South Wales and national figures.
14.8% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 striking 5.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas and above the state and national figures.
5.2%
Higher than 80% 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 Karuah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115091/karuah/topic/community