12.9% ▼ -48.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alumy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alumy Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Alumy Creek compared to similar areas. While only 12.9% of people volunteer, a significant own portion of the community provides unpaid support to others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with 12.9% of residents pitching in. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, as 22.9% of people provide care and 35.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figure. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 17.1%.
22.9% ▲ +35.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 35.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower 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 Alumy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10047/alumy-creek/topic/community