17.0% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Eden remains strong, with a notable proportion of residents contributing their time to others. Around 17% of people volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of residents in Eden volunteer, a figure that is a little above the national average of 14.1% and well above the state rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.1% of people provide some form of unpaid care, the share of those caring for children is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Conversely, 24.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above both state and national levels.
13.1% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
A higher than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.7% of residents having this experience compared to 2.3% in New South Wales.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11378/eden/topic/community