26.5% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cromarty · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cromarty
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Cromarty than in the rest of the country. About 26.5% of residents give their time to others, which is 12 percentage points above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.5% of people helping out, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Support roles are prominent, as 20.6% provide unpaid care and 38.2% look after children unpaid, both figures being far above the state and national averages. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework per week sit at 20.6%, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
20.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.2% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Military service is much more common in Cromarty than elsewhere, with 9.7% of people having served in the Defence Force.
9.7%
Higher than 95% 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 Cromarty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30754/cromarty/topic/community