18.8% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crabbes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crabbes Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Crabbes Creek volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This local spirit of contribution is reflected across the community, with many residents taking on unpaid care and household roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.0% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 26.0% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 27.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, a little above the New South Wales average.
12.0% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 typical for the region, with 2.4% of the population having served, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Crabbes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11102/crabbes-creek/topic/community