15.5% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Croydon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Croydon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Croydon has shifted since 2011, though the area remains sparsely populated. While 15.5% of residents volunteer, the town has very low rates of unpaid caregiving and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia, though this is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here; only 1.8% of people provide unpaid care and 9.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far below the national figures.
1.8% ▼ -65.2%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.5% ▼ -51.1%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force at 1.7%, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30760/croydon/topic/community