24.8% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Horseshoe Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Horseshoe Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Upper Horseshoe Creek than in other parts of the country. About 25% of residents give their time to help others, which is more than 10 percentage points higher than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in four people here volunteer, a rate of 24.8% that is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 34.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.9% provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
12.9% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 34.7%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Upper Horseshoe Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14046/upper-horseshoe-creek/topic/community