8.3% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eastgardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eastgardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.3% of people in Eastgardens volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community involvement is seen across the board, with very few residents providing unpaid care or doing significant housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, with only 8.3% of residents helping out, well below the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 6.4% of people providing care and 14.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the typical figures for both the state and the country.
6.4% ▼ -48.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.4% of people having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality 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 Eastgardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11370/eastgardens/topic/community