37.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sutherlands Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sutherlands Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of residents in Sutherlands Creek volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines daily life in the area, where locals are much more likely to give their time to others than people across Victoria or Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37.3% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% national average and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much more common than in most areas, with 30.9% of people providing this care. Meanwhile, 12.7% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Victorian figure of 12.9%.
12.7% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of residents having served, slightly above the 2% state average.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Sutherlands Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22401/sutherlands-creek/topic/community