11.1% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Acacia Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Acacia Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Acacia Creek is marked by a very high level of unpaid work and service. While volunteering is lower than in other areas, a quarter of the people here provide unpaid care. This makes it one of the most active places for caregiving in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.1% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 25.9% of people providing care—far above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. This is consistent with a much higher than usual 29.6% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, though the 18.5% who care for children unpaid is well below the national average.
25.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 29.6%
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.
Military service is notably common in Acacia Creek, where 12.9% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is far above both the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
12.9%
Higher than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Acacia Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10013/acacia-creek/topic/community