27.6% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Slaty Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Slaty Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back to others is a huge part of daily life in Slaty Creek, where 27.6% of people volunteer. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. It is a place where community contribution is common, from local volunteering to a very high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas. At 27.6%, the rate is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state average, many more residents spend significant time on home duties. About 34.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.8% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 34.5%
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.
Slaty Creek has one of the highest proportions of Defence Force veterans. At 29.2%, this is far above both the Victorian (2.0%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
29.2%
Higher 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 Slaty Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22292/slaty-creek/topic/community