12.4% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cardigan Village · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cardigan Village
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of family care define Cardigan Village compared to similar areas. Nearly half of the population provides unpaid childcare, though other forms of community involvement are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2011 and now sits at 12.4%, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Almost half of residents (46.4%) provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This is alongside a higher than usual 26.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.7% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.4% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with 2.6% of people having served, which is about the same as the Victorian figure.
2.6%
Lower than 75% 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 Cardigan Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221016/cardigan-village/topic/community