18.2% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sisters Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sisters Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid housework and childcare set Sisters Creek apart from most similar areas. While volunteering is common, the standout story is the significant amount of unpaid work happening within the home. Around 28% of people here handle heavy housework and childrearing duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of people in Sisters Creek volunteer, which is around the middle for its level and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare and housework are common here, with 28.8% of people caring for children and 28% doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework, both well above state and national levels. In contrast, the 9.8% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
9.8% ▲ +60.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 3% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Sisters Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60604/sisters-creek/topic/community