20.9% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Valencia Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Valencia Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy housework in Valencia Creek than across the state. This small community is notably active, with many residents giving their time to volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.9% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a significant part of life here, with 33.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid chores weekly, far above the 20.1% seen in Victoria. Meanwhile, 27.5% provide unpaid childcare, a little above the national figure, but the share of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the state average at 10.5%.
10.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Valencia Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22621/valencia-creek/topic/community