10.9% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cudgegong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cudgegong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Cudgegong provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent in the area. This creates a picture of a place where daily life is heavily focused on the home and family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.9% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here at 32.7%, well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. In contrast, those providing other forms of unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 7.3%.
7.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
Very few people in Cudgegong have served in the Defence Force, at 0.0%. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Cudgegong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11142/cudgegong/topic/community