34.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Creightons Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Creightons Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people volunteer their time in Creightons Creek, creating a strong culture of local contribution. This high level of community spirit is matched by a significant number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 34.3% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care (16.4%) or spend 15 or more hours on housework (30.0%) than most people across Australia. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 21.4%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
16.4% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in similar areas, with 6.3% of people having served. This is well above both the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Creightons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20669/creightons-creek/topic/community