17.2% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kurrajong Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kurrajong Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Kurrajong Heights sees higher levels of community involvement and service than many similar areas. Local residents are notably more likely to volunteer and have served in the Defence Force than the national average. This spirit of contribution is reflected in strong rates of unpaid work and care within the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of people giving their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 26.8% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on it, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (26.1%) and those providing general unpaid care (12.1%) are about the same as the state and national averages.
12.1% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
A higher number of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.2%, this is a little above both the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12227/kurrajong-heights/topic/community