30.6% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Creek Junction · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Creek Junction
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap exists between Creek Junction and the rest of the country when it comes to volunteering. While only 13.3% of Victorians volunteer, 30.6% of people here do, marking it as a place where community contribution is far more common than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.6% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is slightly more common than usual at 13.9%. However, the area has far fewer people doing housework or caring for children unpaid compared to the state and national figures.
13.9% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.3% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
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 residents reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across 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 Creek Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20667/creek-junction/topic/community