13.4% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cronulla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cronulla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.1% of people in Cronulla provide unpaid care, which is lower than most similar areas. While community spirit remains steady, residents are less likely to take on unpaid care and housework compared to the wider state and nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of the community volunteer, a figure that is lower than most areas but remains about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with only 21.5% of people caring for children, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most other areas.
11.1% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Cronulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11120/cronulla/topic/community