4.9% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Edenville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Edenville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of former Defence Force members defines Edenville, where 7.8% of people have served. While a small number of residents volunteer, there is a strong presence of people providing unpaid care and housework within the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.9% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.8% of people providing it, a figure well above the New South Wales average. This is seen in the 26.2% who do 15 or more hours of housework, though the 23.0% caring for children unpaid is lower than most areas.
14.8% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 in Edenville than elsewhere, with 7.8% of residents having served. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Edenville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11381/edenville/topic/community