28.0% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Charlton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Charlton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Charlton have dropped 14 points since 2011, yet they remain remarkably high. Nearly 28% of the community still gives their time to help others, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 28% of people here volunteer, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is much higher than most areas at 15.8%, and 25.4% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This happens alongside a much lower rate of people caring for children unpaid, at 16.2%.
15.8% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
Roughly 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
2.8%
Lower than 70% 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 Charlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221018/charlton/topic/community