20.5% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reedy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reedy Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of people in Reedy Creek do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure far above the national average. This is a community where residents are very active in both unpaid work and local volunteering. Many people here contribute their time to help others and maintain their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Reedy Creek, with 20.5% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life here, as 19.7% of people provide unpaid care and 28.0% look after children. These figures are both well above state and national levels.
19.7% ▲ +38.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.9% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 37.9%
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.
No one in Reedy Creek has served in the Defence Force, which is 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 Reedy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13355/reedy-creek/topic/community