36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Duck Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Duck Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer here than in most similar areas, making Lower Duck Creek a highly active community. About 36.4% of residents give their time to others, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.4% of people helping out. This is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life here, as 68.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far above the national figure. While 36.4% of residents also provide unpaid childcare—far more than the Australian average—no one in the area is recorded as providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
68.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 uncommon in the area, with 0.0% of residents having served. This is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Duck Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12414/lower-duck-creek/topic/community