25.0% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Freshwater Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Freshwater Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in four people in Freshwater Creek volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This community is highly active, with many residents spending their time helping others and managing significant unpaid responsibilities at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent than in most areas, including 27.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, while 29% of residents provide unpaid childcare.
14.4% ▼ -24.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 3.2% of the community served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0% and about the same as the national figure.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Freshwater Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20954/freshwater-creek/topic/community