11.4% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Acacia Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Acacia Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A surprisingly high number of people manage the home in Lower Acacia Creek, where 31.4% do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly. This is far above the national figure, though other forms of community involvement and care are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are low in the area, with only 11.4% of people volunteering. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31.4% of residents do significant unpaid housework—far above the 20.7% national average—very few provide other types of care. Only 14.3% care for children unpaid, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 31.4%
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, a result that is lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
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 Lower Acacia Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12408/lower-acacia-creek/topic/community