29.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Icy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Icy Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Icy Creek volunteer and provide unpaid care than in the rest of Victoria. This small area stands out for its high rates of community and home support, with nearly 30% of residents volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.2% 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.
Home and family duties are a major part of life in Icy Creek, where 50% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 41.7% care for children unpaid. Both figures are far above the national average, though no one here provides unpaid care for those with disabilities or the elderly.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.7% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Icy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21224/icy-creek/topic/community