20.1% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Axe Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Axe Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people in Axe Creek give their time to others compared to the rest of Victoria. About 20% of residents volunteer, and the area sees much higher rates of unpaid care and housework than state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.1% of people helping out, which is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 37.4% of people care for children unpaid—a figure far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. This is consistent with 28% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national average.
13.7% ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.4% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
A little more than 3.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
3.3%
Higher 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 Axe Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20092/axe-creek/topic/community