13.0% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Deep Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Deep Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in East Deep Creek has seen a notable shift, with a particularly strong presence of former Defence Force members. While volunteering is lower than in most other areas, the local community shows a high commitment to unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than in most other areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the 20.7% seen across Australia. This sits alongside 13.2% of residents providing unpaid care, which is a little above the national average.
13.2% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
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 share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.9% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 East Deep Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30922/east-deep-creek/topic/community