18.7% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riddells Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Riddells Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a core part of life in Riddells Creek, with 18.7% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a local culture of helping out. Residents also take on significant unpaid responsibilities at home, particularly in childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (18.7%) volunteer their time, which is well above both the Victorian (13.3%) and national (14.1%) rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with the fact that 27.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is also well above the national average.
13.8% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
About 3.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Riddells Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22172/riddells-creek/topic/community