18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spring Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Spring Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Spring Creek volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community is highly active in giving their time, both through formal volunteering and by caring for others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of residents volunteer, a rate that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.1% of people caring for children and 25.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the state average, though the 10.9% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the national figure.
10.9% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the levels seen across Australia and New South Wales.
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 Spring Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13627/spring-creek/topic/community