15.3% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Eira · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Glen Eira
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011 in Glen Eira. While community giving has dipped, more people are now providing unpaid care, and the area remains more active in these roles than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is around the middle for areas of this size, though it is lower than the 18.5% recorded in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.4% of people providing care—a figure that rose since 2011 and is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with a high 27.3% of residents caring for children unpaid, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.5%) are much fewer than in most other areas.
13.4% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
Defence service is less common in Glen Eira than in other places, with only 1.2% of people having served. This is among the lowest rates for its level and is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 93% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Glen Eira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20802/glen-eira/topic/community