14.1% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Croydon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Croydon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 14.1% of people in Croydon volunteer their time, a figure that sits right on the national average. Most residents are not involved in unpaid care or defence service, with these activities appearing less common here than in many other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, though at 14.1% it remains a little above the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is fairly typical for the area, with 12.9% of people providing care, which is a little above both the state and national figures. Around 24.2% of residents care for children unpaid, while 20.8% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
12.9% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 uncommon in Croydon, where only 1.1% of people have served. This is lower than most other areas and a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Croydon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11135/croydon/topic/community