12.1% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Couridjah · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Couridjah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Couridjah provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of family care stands out in a place where other forms of community contribution are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 12.1% of residents helping out. This is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1% and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the state average—other unpaid work has declined. Only 16.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, a figure that fell 10 points since 2011 and is well below the national average.
11.7% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 3.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.4%
Lower than 53% 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 Couridjah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122042/couridjah/topic/community