12.3% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Currumbin Waters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Currumbin Waters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people provide unpaid childcare in Currumbin Waters, which is higher than most areas. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are less frequent here than in similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People caring for children unpaid make up 28.9% of the population, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 26.5%. This sits alongside 11.9% of people providing other unpaid care, which is about the same as the national average.
11.9% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the state and national figures.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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).
More for Currumbin Waters
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Currumbin Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30776/currumbin-waters/topic/community