21.5% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kurrajong · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kurrajong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering sets Kurrajong apart, where 21.5% of residents give their time to others. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. The area also sees a high proportion of people contributing unpaid work to their homes and community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas, though the rate fell slightly from 22.5% in 2011 to 21.5% in 2021.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 32.3% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 25.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, a rate about the same as the state average.
11.7% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 32.3%
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.
Service to the country is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.1% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
5.1%
Higher than 78% of urban centre 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 Kurrajong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115093/kurrajong/topic/community