17.7% ▼ -37.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Steels Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Steels Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people do heavy unpaid housework in Steels Creek compared to the rest of the state. While 17.7% of the population volunteer, which is well above the national figure, many residents also dedicate significant time to caring for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are strong here, with 17.7% of people helping out, a figure that sits well above both the Victorian and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, as 29.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This is consistent with a higher than usual 14.6% of residents providing unpaid care for others.
14.6% ▲ +49.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
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.
Only 1.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most other areas and a little below the Australian average.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Steels Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22355/steels-creek/topic/community