16.1% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Verges Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Verges Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care and community service mark Verges Creek as an active place. While many residents contribute to their community, the most striking feature is the high number of people performing unpaid work at home compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.1% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Verges Creek, with 29.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to general unpaid care, which is also much higher than most areas at 16.5%.
16.5% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
Military service is more frequent here than in most places, with 5.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Verges Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14090/verges-creek/topic/community