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Eastlakes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Community Participation in Eastlakes

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Low levels of unpaid work and volunteering have defined community life in Eastlakes since 2011. Only 8.3% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

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📍 Eastlakes, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Eastlakes sits — Volunteers

8.3% —

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Eastlakes — lower than 90% of areas.

Eastlakes8.3%
2018, NSW 8.7%
New South Wales 13.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Volunteer rates are much lower than most areas, with only 8.3% of residents giving their time, falling well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.

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8.3% —

Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

Fewer people here provide unpaid care compared to other areas, including a much lower rate of those caring for children (21.7%). The 18.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is also a little below the national figure.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.9% of the population, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.

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 Eastlakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117011634/eastlakes/topic/community