34.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Breakaway Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Breakaway Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Breakaway Creek volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This high level of participation is seen alongside a very high rate of unpaid childcare, though other types of unpaid care are almost non-existent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 34.5% of residents volunteer here, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%. This is among the highest levels of volunteering seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common at 44.8%, far above the 26.3% seen across Australia and Victoria. In contrast, no one reported providing other forms of unpaid care or spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.8% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Breakaway Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20325/breakaway-creek/topic/community