17.6% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Urunga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Urunga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state and national figures, 17.6% of people in Urunga give their time as volunteers. This community is more active in unpaid work and support than most similar areas. A higher number of residents also have a history of service in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of people helping out. This 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.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.6% of people providing support and 26.8% doing over 15 hours of housework. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.6% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 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 proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.9%, this is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Urunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14079/urunga/topic/community