16.6% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elsternwick · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Elsternwick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26.2% of people in Elsternwick provide unpaid care for children, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While volunteering is higher than in most other areas, the proportion of people giving their time to these activities has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 16.6% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%, though it has dropped by 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is about the same as the national figure at 26.2%. While 13.2% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, only 17.0% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework—a figure well below the national average.
13.2% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 1.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than in most other areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 87% 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 Elsternwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208021179/elsternwick/topic/community