21.7% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kurraba Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kurraba Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Kurraba Point now volunteer, showing a strong shift toward community involvement since 2011. This local rate of 21.7% is well above both the state and national figures. While community spirit is high, the area sees much lower levels of unpaid childcare and housework than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in most areas. Only 17.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%, while 18.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
10.4% ▲ +30.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.7% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▲ +49.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia as a whole.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Kurraba Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12225/kurraba-point/topic/community