12.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Twenty-eight per cent of residents in Glen Creek do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is a high figure that stands well above both the state and national averages. While many residents handle domestic work, other forms of community and care activities are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas, with only 12% of people helping out. This is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national average. However, only 8% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
8.0% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 community has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the state and national figures.
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 Glen Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21007/glen-creek/topic/community