14.1% —
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Croydon - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Croydon - West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Croydon - West than in most similar areas. While volunteering has dropped recently, nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people volunteer here, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure. However, this is a drop of 5.9 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.0% of people providing care—a figure much higher than most areas. This is alongside 29.0% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is a little above the Victorian average.
14.0% —
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% —
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% —
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.6% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the state figure.
2.6%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Croydon - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211031451/croydon-west/topic/community