18.0% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kurrajong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kurrajong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 18% of people in Kurrajong give their time as volunteers. This high level of community spirit is paired with a significant number of residents who spend a lot of time on unpaid home duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of the population volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 34.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, far above the 20.7% national average. Meanwhile, unpaid childcare (25.8%) and general unpaid care (12.6%) are both about the same as the state and national figures.
12.6% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.2% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 34.2%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Kurrajong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12226/kurrajong/topic/community