16.5% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eltham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eltham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and housework set Eltham apart from the rest of the state. While volunteering is healthy, the standout story is how many residents dedicate their time to supporting others and managing the home. This creates a strong pattern of community and family support across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are common here, with 15.1% providing unpaid care and 28.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. This is consistent with the 27.3% of people who provide unpaid child care, a rate higher than most areas.
15.1% ▲ +24.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
Only 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower 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 Eltham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11412/eltham/topic/community