20.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Simpsons Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Simpsons Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Simpsons Creek volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This community is highly active in unpaid roles, with significant numbers of residents providing care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 10.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the Victorian average—overall unpaid care is very high at 23.1%. This is far above the national figure and among the highest for areas of this type.
23.1% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.3% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 8.6% of people having served. This is well above the 2.8% national average and among the highest rates for similar areas.
8.6%
Higher than 92% 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 Simpsons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22284/simpsons-creek/topic/community