12.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Twelve Mile Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Twelve Mile Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much lower rate of unpaid childcare than the state average marks Twelve Mile Creek. Only 16.5% of people provide unpaid child care, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than most similar areas, with 12% of people helping out. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is also much lower than most areas, with only 16.5% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. Despite this, 12.8% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the state average.
12.8% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.5% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
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.
More people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas. At 3.7%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Twelve Mile Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14006/twelve-mile-creek/topic/community