7.8% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eastern Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eastern Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low levels of volunteering mark the community profile of Eastern Creek, where only 7.8% of people help out in their spare time. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 7.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and far lower than most other areas at this level.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 12.4% of people providing care and 25% caring for children, both of which are about the same as the state and national figures.
12.4% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.2% of the population, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8% and lower than most areas.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Eastern Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11369/eastern-creek/topic/community