22.9% ▼ -45.6%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Currarong · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Currarong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Currarong volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. While volunteering has fallen since 2011, this small community remains very active in unpaid work and care compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.9% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the volunteering rate was 42.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents do a lot of unpaid work, with 32.0% spending 15 or more hours on housework and 18.8% providing unpaid care. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 17.2%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
18.8% ▲ +37.4%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 32.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.5% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.5%
Higher than 84% 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 Currarong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122046/currarong/topic/community