14.7% ▼ -37.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Epping · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Epping
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Epping provide unpaid child care, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. This community is more likely to care for children than the typical person in New South Wales or across Australia. Other forms of unpaid work and volunteering are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales average of 13.0% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care is common, the 9.7% of people providing other forms of unpaid care is much lower than most areas. About 23.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
9.7% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
Only 1.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower 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 Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11431/epping/topic/community