13.1% ▼ -50.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crystal Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crystal Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Crystal Creek involves a high level of home-based work, with nearly 29% of people spending 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework. This is well above the national figure and a standout feature for the area, even though other forms of community involvement are more modest.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is roughly the same as the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While roughly 10.7% of people provide unpaid care, which is lower than most areas, 24.8% are caring for children unpaid. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
10.7% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 share of people in Crystal Creek have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.9% of residents having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Crystal Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11139/crystal-creek/topic/community