16.6% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eleebana · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eleebana
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Eleebana contribute to their community and home through unpaid work than in most similar areas. This is especially true for family care, where 33.2% of residents look after children without pay. These figures are well above the national and state levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.6% of people giving their time. This is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1% and well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 27.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is consistent with the 14.2% who provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the national rate.
14.2% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.2% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.5%, Eleebana is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Eleebana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11396/eleebana/topic/community