10.0% ▼ -48.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Halfway Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Halfway Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 10% of people in Halfway Creek volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While few residents give their time to community groups, a higher proportion are occupied with unpaid care and housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of the population volunteers, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 15% provide unpaid care—higher than most areas—only 22% care for children unpaid, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.0% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
About 3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
3.0%
Higher 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 Halfway Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11838/halfway-creek/topic/community