11.9% ▼ -42.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reserve Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reserve Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of people providing unpaid care defines the community in Reserve Creek. While 16.3% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less frequent in Reserve Creek than in most areas, with only 11.9% of people helping out, a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The 16.3% of people providing unpaid care is much higher than in most areas. Meanwhile, 23.8% of residents care for children unpaid, which is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
16.3% ▲ +40.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower 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 Reserve Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13367/reserve-creek/topic/community