11.9% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Croydon · State Electorate
Community Participation in Croydon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 21.6% of people in Croydon provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure. This reflects a broader trend across the area where residents are less likely to engage in unpaid care or volunteer work than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Croydon have fallen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011. At 11.9%, this is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework and childcare are much less common here than in most areas. Only 15.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while those providing any unpaid care sit at 11.6%, which is slightly lower than the state average.
11.6% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
Only 2.0% of residents in Croydon have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
2.0%
Lower than 76% of state electorate 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/sed/SED40008/croydon/topic/community