5.4% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Lower Creek have served in the Defence Force than in most other similar areas. While veteran numbers are high, very few residents participate in volunteering or unpaid childcare. This creates a unique community profile where formal service is common, but traditional community volunteering is low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.4% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure at 14.3%. However, people providing general unpaid care are much more common here than in most areas, at 17.9%.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
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: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Defence service is a strong feature of the area, with 7.5% of people having served, a figure well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12413/lower-creek/topic/community