19.0% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riddells Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Riddells Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 32% of people in Riddells Creek provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than in most other areas. This community is very active in both home and volunteer work, though the proportion of volunteers has dipped slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19% of residents helping out, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. This is higher than most similar areas, despite a small fall from 20.8% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very prevalent, with 27.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the Victorian figure of 20.1%. The 32% who care for children unpaid is also well above the national average.
13.1% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 3.2%. This is lower than most similar areas, though it sits a little above the state figure of 2%.
3.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre 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 Riddells Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215071/riddells-creek/topic/community