16.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Theresa Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Theresa Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Theresa Creek have served in the Defence Force, with 6.3% of residents having done so. This sparsely populated area shows a strong tendency toward community service and support roles compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.9% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.6% of people provide unpaid care, the number of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure, at just 15.3%. About 23.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
13.6% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
A high proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force. At 6.3%, this is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Theresa Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13860/theresa-creek/topic/community