11.4% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Croydon Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Croydon Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25% of people in Croydon Park provide unpaid childcare, the most common form of community contribution in the area. While many residents support their families and others, formal volunteering is less common here than in most other Australian suburbs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.6% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales average. Roughly 22% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is lower than most other areas.
12.6% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 areas, with only 1.0% of the population having served, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower 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 Croydon Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11136/croydon-park/topic/community