12.1% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Couridjah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Couridjah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Couridjah provide unpaid childcare, though other forms of community contribution are less common. This is reflected in the 29.4% of residents who care for children without pay, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much fewer than in most areas, at 16.9%. Unpaid care for others is at 11.7%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
11.7% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality 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 Couridjah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11093/couridjah/topic/community