31.5% ▼ -48.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Culgoa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Culgoa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 31.5% of people volunteer in Culgoa, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen alongside a strong trend of residents providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.5% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 10.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—many others contribute at home. Unpaid care for others is much higher than most areas at 15.7%, and 25.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
15.7% ▲ +47.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.1% ▼ -67.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -33.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
No one in Culgoa has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia, where the rates are 2.0% and 2.8% respectively.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Culgoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20689/culgoa/topic/community