17.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Curraweela · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Curraweela
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving and helping others defines daily life in Curraweela, where 17.2% of people volunteer. This rate is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care or support for others than people in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Curraweela are around the middle for its level, though at 17.2% this is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.2% of people providing support and 32.8% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above national figures. In contrast, the 10.9% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
17.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.9% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 32.8%
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.
Service to the country is more common in Curraweela than in most other areas, with 4.7% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Curraweela [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11180/curraweela/topic/community