11.5% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crestwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crestwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Crestwood stands out for its high rate of military service but lower levels of community volunteering. While nearly 5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, only 11.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of people in Crestwood volunteer, a figure that is a little below both the New South Wales rate of 13% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state average. However, the 17.1% of people doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
11.2% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 striking 4.9% of the community has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most areas and sits a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Crestwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11116/crestwood/topic/community