13.5% —
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Essendon - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Essendon - East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 13.1% of people in Essendon - East provide unpaid care. This community shows a mixed level of social contribution, with volunteer rates sitting right in the middle of national and state trends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is roughly the same as the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.1% of people provide unpaid care—a rate higher than most areas—much lower proportions of residents provide unpaid childcare (23.2%) or spend 15 or more hours a week on housework (18.4%) compared to the rest of the country.
13.1% —
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% —
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% —
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
Only 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Essendon - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206031502/essendon-east/topic/community