7.8% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eastlakes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eastlakes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.8% of people in Eastlakes volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of community involvement is mirrored across other types of unpaid work and care, making it one of the least active areas for these activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much less common here than in most similar areas, with the rate sitting well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid care compared to most areas. Specifically, the 21.3% who care for children and the 17.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework are both well below the national figures.
10.9% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
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 Eastlakes than in most other areas, with only 1.0% of people having served, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 68% 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 Eastlakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11371/eastlakes/topic/community