17.0% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sugarloaf Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sugarloaf Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Sugarloaf Creek has remained steady, with a notable proportion of the population giving their time to others. The area is especially distinguished by a high number of former service members and a volunteering rate that sits well above the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.0% of people in Sugarloaf Creek volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and a little above the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.3% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, those caring for children unpaid are well below the state and national figures at 22.5%. Meanwhile, 22.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little above the national average.
13.3% ▲ +114.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.0% of residents having served—well above the 2.0% rate for Victoria.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Sugarloaf Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22387/sugarloaf-creek/topic/community