15.6% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hoddles Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hoddles Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Hoddles Creek than in most similar areas. While about 15.1% of residents provide unpaid care, the local rate of people doing significant housework is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people in Hoddles Creek volunteer. This is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia, though it is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.7% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to child care and general unpaid care, both of which are higher than in most areas.
15.1% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population. This is lower than most areas and about the same as the Victorian average.
2.0%
Lower 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 Hoddles Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21196/hoddles-creek/topic/community