14.5% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Croydon North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Croydon North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are providing unpaid care in Croydon North than in most similar areas. This is most visible among those looking after children, where 30.9% of residents provide unpaid support, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of the community volunteer, which is lower than most areas but still a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid support, with 13.9% caring for others and 22.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are higher than the national averages.
13.9% ▲ +27.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 2.4% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Croydon North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20684/croydon-north/topic/community