23.6% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eden Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eden Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Eden Creek volunteer, a figure far above the state average. This high level of community involvement stands out in a place where unpaid care for others is also common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.6% of residents are volunteers, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 15.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure—a much higher than usual 16.5% of the community provides other types of unpaid care. Around 22.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the Australian average.
16.5% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.7% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Eden Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11379/eden-creek/topic/community