50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cedar Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cedar Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of all residents in Cedar Creek volunteer, a rate that is far above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas. This high level of community activity stands out in a place where unpaid housework and childcare are much less common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 50% of people helping out. This is 36 percentage points higher than the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 16.7% of people provide unpaid childcare and 12.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, both figures being well below the national average. However, 12.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 a little below the national 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 Cedar Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10867/cedar-creek/topic/community