39.4% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Back Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Back Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Back Creek volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This community is far more likely to give their time to others than people across New South Wales or Australia. It is a place where unpaid care and community service are very common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 39.4% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life in Back Creek, where 18.2% of people provide a helping hand. This is well above the national figure, and it is particularly common for children, with 54.5% of people providing unpaid childcare.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
54.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.1% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
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. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian rate of 2.8%.
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 Back Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10124/back-creek/topic/community