29.3% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
McKenzie Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in McKenzie Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in McKenzie Creek have volunteered their time, reflecting a strong shift toward community involvement since 2011. This area is far more active in unpaid work and volunteering than the rest of Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are far above the national figure, with 29.3% of residents giving their time—much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 38.8% of people care for children, which is far above the Victorian average. This is consistent with 29.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 18.1% providing other unpaid care, both figures well above the national average.
18.1% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.8% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 little more than 4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the state and national figures.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 McKenzie Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21627/mckenzie-creek/topic/community