35.6% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swifts Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Swifts Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Swifts Creek volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area, where residents are also much more likely to provide unpaid care and housework than people across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 35.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.9% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This trend extends to housework, as 27.7% do 15 or more hours a week, which is higher than most areas.
14.7% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population, which is about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Swifts Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22413/swifts-creek/topic/community