21.8% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mortons Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mortons Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have grown significantly since 2011 to reach 21.8% in Mortons Creek. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure, marking the area as a place where many residents give their time for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.8% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas and well above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major commitment here, with 29.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly, a figure well above the national average. This sits alongside 13.3% of residents providing some form of unpaid care and 24.2% caring for children, which are both just slightly above or below state and national levels.
13.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 29.4%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Mortons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12742/mortons-creek/topic/community