16.6% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carnarvon · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Carnarvon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Carnarvon compared to the rest of the state. While 16.6% of residents volunteer, which is slightly above the national figure, the town has seen a drop in this activity since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people in Carnarvon volunteer, a figure that is roughly the same as the Western Australian average. This is a little above the national rate, though the number of volunteers has fallen by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas, with only 22.1% of people caring for children, well below the state average. Similarly, 17.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, while 10.0% provide other unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011.
10.0% ▲ +134.4%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 relatively uncommon in the area, with 2.7% of residents having served. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.7%
Lower than 73% 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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515006/carnarvon/topic/community