30.6% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fish Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Fish Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Fish Creek than in the rest of Victoria. While 30.6% of residents give their time to others, this is more than double the state rate. This high level of community spirit defines the local area, despite a decline in volunteering since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.6% of people here volunteer, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria. However, this figure has fallen 8.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do heavy housework and provide care than in most areas. Roughly 28.8% spend 15 or more hours on unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—while 14.1% provide some form of unpaid care.
14.1% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
About 2.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than in most similar areas. This is about the same as the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
2.3%
Lower than 82% 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 Fish Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222025/fish-creek/topic/community