23.8% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rapid Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rapid Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 24% of people in Rapid Creek volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out as the most striking feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 23.8% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is higher than most areas and nearly 10 percentage points above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—slightly above the Australian average—only 9.3% provide other unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.3% ▲ +49.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 3.3% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Rapid Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70231/rapid-creek/topic/community