14.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Currowan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Currowan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Currowan involves very little unpaid care work, with only 8.2% of people looking after children without pay. While volunteering is common for 14.8% of residents, the area sees much lower rates of housework and caregiving than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.2% of people caring for children and 8.2% providing other unpaid care. Similarly, those doing over 15 hours of housework are well below the national figure of 20.7%.
8.2% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.2% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
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.
No one in Currowan has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national levels.
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 Currowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11182/currowan/topic/community