16.2% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ross Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ross Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Ross Creek provide unpaid care compared to the state and national averages. This is a community where family and home duties are a major part of daily life, with 33.5% of residents caring for children unpaid.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of the community volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, as 15.4% of people provide care and 24.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are well above the national averages.
15.4% ▲ +30.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.5% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 1.4% of the population, which is lower than in most other areas.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Ross Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22203/ross-creek/topic/community