12.0% ▼ -50.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Curlewis · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Curlewis
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare define the community of Curlewis compared to most similar areas. While 33.8% of residents provide unpaid care for children, volunteering is quite low here. This creates a profile of a place focused more on family responsibilities than external community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.0% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This is a little below both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 33.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the 26.3% seen across Victoria and Australia. This trend is mirrored in housework, with 24.1% of residents doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.5% ▲ +29.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
About 2.9% of people in Curlewis have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the rates for both Victoria (2.0%) and Australia (2.8%).
2.9%
Higher 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 Curlewis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20697/curlewis/topic/community