12.1% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crosslands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crosslands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Crosslands, where 34.7% of people look after children without pay. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%. While child care is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.1% of residents are volunteers, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 16.1% of people providing unpaid care—well above the 11.9% national average. This extends to housework, as 25.6% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on chores, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
16.1% ▲ +41.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 higher than usual 3.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Crosslands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11128/crosslands/topic/community