13.0% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Curlewis · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Curlewis
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26% of people in Curlewis look after children without pay, making this the most common form of community contribution here. While these caregiving roles are typical for the region, other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering, are much less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 13% of residents taking part. This is much lower than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, as 12.2% of people provide care and 26.2% look after children. These figures are about the same as those for the state and Australia. Meanwhile, 21.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is lower than most areas.
12.2% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 represented by 2.7% of the population. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Curlewis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11170/curlewis/topic/community