13.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Bottle Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Bottle Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Lower Bottle Creek than in most similar areas. While volunteering is common, the most striking feature is the high level of support provided to others and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas and sits about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 27.8% of people providing support—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This happens alongside a higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework than in the rest of the state, though the rate of people caring for children is well below the Australian average.
27.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 8.1% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national average.
8.1%
Higher than 91% 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 Bottle Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12412/lower-bottle-creek/topic/community