19.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crackenback · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crackenback
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Crackenback shows a mixed level of community involvement, standing around the middle compared to similar areas. While volunteering is strong, the number of people providing unpaid care is much lower than in most other places. This creates a unique profile where community service is high but home-based care is uncommon.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.0%) volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 15.3% of people caring for children, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Similarly, the 9.0% who provide general unpaid care is a little below the national figure, while 20.6% do at least 15 hours of housework, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
9.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force at 1.6%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower 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 Crackenback [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11103/crackenback/topic/community