8.2% ▼ -57.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Doubtful Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Doubtful Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents of Doubtful Creek have changed their level of community involvement over the last decade. While only 8.2% of people volunteer, the area has a very high rate of unpaid work at home. This includes nearly 30% of residents doing heavy housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.2% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 29.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 15.7% providing unpaid care, both of which are much higher than most areas. This is consistent with the 28.4% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the New South Wales average.
15.7% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Doubtful Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11284/doubtful-creek/topic/community