11.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Armstrong Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Armstrong Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Armstrong Creek than in the rest of the country. While 39.3% of residents care for children without pay, other forms of community contribution are less common here than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 39.3% of people providing this care, a figure far above the Victorian average of 26.3%. In contrast, the 10.5% of people providing other types of unpaid care is lower than most areas.
10.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 1.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Armstrong Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20068/armstrong-creek/topic/community