10.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Separation Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Separation Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Separation Creek than in most similar areas. While 17.2% of residents give unpaid support, very few engage in formal volunteering. This highlights a community where support is focused heavily on family and home needs rather than organized groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people volunteer their time, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.2% of people providing support, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven by child care, which is far above the Australian average at 37.9%, though notably, no one reports doing more than 15 hours of unpaid housework per week.
17.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Separation Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22260/separation-creek/topic/community