13.9% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crows Nest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crows Nest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower rates of unpaid care and volunteering mark Crows Nest as an area where residents are less likely to engage in these activities than those in most similar places. Only 7.4% of people provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people here volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar 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 work is much less common here than in other areas. Only 16.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and the 22.6% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
7.4% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▲ +24.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with 1.3% of the population having served, which is a little below the Australian average.
1.3%
Lower than 64% 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 Crows Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11132/crows-nest/topic/community