25.2% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whiteheads Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whiteheads Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of residents in Whiteheads Creek volunteer, a rate far above both the state and national figures. This strong drive to help others is seen across the area, from community work to a high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.2% of people giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common than in most areas, with 14.7% of people providing such support. This includes 25.5% who do more than 15 hours of housework a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.7% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas. About 6.3% of people have served, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.3%
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 Whiteheads Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22770/whiteheads-creek/topic/community