19.4% ▼ -45.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strath Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Strath Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Strath Creek volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the area. However, very few residents are involved in unpaid care roles compared to other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.4% of people helping out, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common in Strath Creek than elsewhere. Only 4.1% of people provide unpaid care and 10.2% care for children unpaid, both figures being far below the national average of around 26%.
4.1% ▼ -59.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.2% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.8%
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.
The area has a strong history of military service, with 4.5% of residents having served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most other similar areas.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Strath Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22370/strath-creek/topic/community