19.9% ▼ -32.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Huon Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Huon Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of residents in Huon Creek help raise children without pay, reflecting a community heavily focused on family and home life. This area sees a much higher level of unpaid care and volunteer work than the typical Victorian town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.9% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area. About 50.5% of people care for children unpaid and 23.1% provide other unpaid care, both of which are far above the state and national figures. Additionally, 32.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the 20.1% in Victoria.
23.1% ▲ +46.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.5% ▲ +63.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.9% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 32.9%
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.
A high number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 8.3%, this is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 2.0% figure for Victoria.
8.3%
Higher than 92% 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 Huon Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21222/huon-creek/topic/community