21.0% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Currumbin Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Currumbin Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High levels of community involvement define Currumbin Valley, where residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than those in most other areas. This spirit of contribution is clear in the figures, with over a fifth of the population giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.0% of people pitching in. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are very active in unpaid work, with 32.0% caring for children and 30.2% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above the national average. Additionally, 13.7% provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national rate of 11.9%.
13.7% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 2.5% of people here have served in the Defence Force, which is roughly the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Currumbin Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30775/currumbin-valley/topic/community