22.1% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scotts Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Scotts Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 22.1% of residents in Scotts Creek volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a community with very high levels of unpaid contribution, though fewer people here care for children compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.1% of people helping out. This is higher than most similar areas and well above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 19.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—unpaid care for others is much more common than in most areas, at 17.1%. About 19.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is about the same as the state average.
17.1% ▲ +57.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -51.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
No one in this area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average of 2.0%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Scotts Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22245/scotts-creek/topic/community