19.2% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Croom · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Croom
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Croom provide unpaid care than in most similar areas. This spirit of helping others is clear, with 19.2% of residents volunteering, a figure well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.2% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in Croom, especially for children, which 38.5% of people do—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with 16.7% of residents providing general unpaid care and 24.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 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.
No one in Croom has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Croom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11125/croom/topic/community