21.0% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Curl Curl · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Curl Curl
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in Curl Curl than in the rest of the state. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, with 21% of residents volunteering and a high number of people caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21% of residents here are volunteers, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common in Curl Curl, with 30.4% of people doing so unpaid, a figure well above the national average. Meanwhile, 23.3% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, and 12.6% provide some form of unpaid care.
12.6% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
Only 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
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 Curl Curl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11168/curl-curl/topic/community