9.7% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cranebrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cranebrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Cranebrook has shifted over the last decade, with a strong focus on family duties. While volunteering is much lower than in other areas, a very high 31.8% of people provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of people here volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is very common here, with 31.8% of residents doing so unpaid, a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Around 22.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, and 12.3% provide other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as national levels.
12.3% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rate for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Cranebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11105/cranebrook/topic/community