32.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Creek View · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Creek View
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Creek View has remained a standout feature of local life. Roughly one third of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is far above the national average and makes the area one of the most active for volunteering compared to similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.4% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for 16.2% of residents, which is well above the national figure. While 32.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the national rate—only 18.9% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national average.
16.2% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.4% —
Higher than 86% 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 one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates seen across 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 Creek View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20668/creek-view/topic/community