17.6% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pheasant Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pheasant Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of community involvement define Pheasant Creek, where residents are more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than those in most similar areas. This is most evident in the 17.6% of people who volunteer, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% 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.
More people here provide unpaid support than in most areas, including 14.8% who provide general unpaid care. This includes 29.9% of residents caring for children and 25% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the state and national figures.
14.8% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▲ +64.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is lower than in most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Pheasant Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22064/pheasant-creek/topic/community