11.4% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whiteman Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whiteman Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Whiteman Creek has remained steady since 2011, though it is marked by a high number of people performing unpaid work at home. While only 11.4% of residents volunteer, many more spend their time caring for others or managing their households.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with only 11.4% of people giving their time, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents do a lot of unpaid work; 31.4% spend 15 or more hours on housework, far above the 20.7% national figure. This is consistent with a high rate of unpaid care, which is well above the state and national figures at 16.4%. However, those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 17.1%.
16.4% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 31.4%
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 2.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
2.2%
Lower 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 Whiteman Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14294/whiteman-creek/topic/community