12.6% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elrington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elrington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Elrington than in most other areas. While only 12.6% of residents volunteer, nearly one in five people give unpaid care to others, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 12.6% of people helping out, a figure slightly below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Elrington, where 19.7% of people provide care, well above the 11.9% national figure. This is seen in the home, as 29.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 27.6% provide unpaid childcare.
19.7% ▲ +118.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.2% of people having served.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Elrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11410/elrington/topic/community