36.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sheans Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sheans Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
An impressive 36.1% of people volunteer in Sheans Creek, a rate far above the national figure. This community is exceptionally active in unpaid work, though few residents have experience in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.1% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 11.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the Victorian and Australian figures of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a little above the national figure of 20.7%.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.1% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
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, which is a little below the 2.8% average for 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 Sheans Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22269/sheans-creek/topic/community