30.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deep Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Deep Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A third of residents in Deep Creek provide unpaid care, making it one of the highest areas for this kind of support. This strong spirit of helping others is also seen in the high rate of local volunteering. These trends stand out sharply compared to the rest of the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.0% of people giving their time. This is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 13.3%, overall unpaid care is very high at 33.3%. This is far above the national figure of 11.9%. Only 16.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the Australian average.
33.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
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 Deep Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40358/deep-creek/topic/community