15.1% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Badger Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Badger Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Badger Creek than in most similar areas. While volunteering is lower than in many other places, nearly 28% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the Victorian figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas but a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 27.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas. This is alongside 23.5% of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the state average.
13.2% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the Victorian figure.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Badger Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20097/badger-creek/topic/community