15.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meadow Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meadow Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Meadow Creek do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This highlights a community where unpaid work and care are much more common than in most other areas. While volunteering is slightly above the national figure, the most striking trend is the high level of unpaid care within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little above both the Victorian and national figures, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 20.2% of people providing care and 32.1% caring for children unpaid, both of which are well above the national figure. This aligns with the 34.5% of residents who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate far above the rest of the country.
20.2% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 34.5%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 4.8% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the state and national figures.
4.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Meadow Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21634/meadow-creek/topic/community