17.3% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crescent Head · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crescent Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Crescent Head volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen alongside a strong tendency for residents to help others through unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is slightly more common than usual, with 13.5% of people providing help. While 24.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to most other areas.
13.5% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Crescent Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11115/crescent-head/topic/community