21.4% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eatonsville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eatonsville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over 21% of people in Eatonsville volunteer, which is far higher than the national figure. This level of community spirit is matched by a strong record of military service and a high rate of people managing housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 26% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 26.6% provide unpaid childcare and 12.7% provide general unpaid care, both slightly above the state average.
12.7% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas. About 5.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Eatonsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11373/eatonsville/topic/community