23.1% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stony Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stony Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Stony Creek give their time as volunteers, reflecting a community deeply involved in local support. This spirit of helping others is mirrored in the home, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care for children and manage housework than those in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.1% of people pitching in. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Helping out at home is a major part of life in Stony Creek, as 34.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with housework, where 34.3% do 15 or more hours a week, far above the 20.7% across Australia.
14.9% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.3% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 34.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Stony Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22364/stony-creek/topic/community