21.7% ▼ -35.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Currawarna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Currawarna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Currawarna, where more than one in five people volunteer. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure, reflecting a place where residents are highly active in supporting their neighbours and local causes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% typical across Australia and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 34.9% of residents helping out, a figure well above the national average. While 24.3% also do significant unpaid housework, only 8.6% provide general unpaid care, which is well below the Australian figure.
8.6% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Around 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as both New South Wales and the rest of the country.
2.6%
Lower 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 Currawarna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11179/currawarna/topic/community