9.3% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eungai Rail · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eungai Rail
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents have stepped up to volunteer in Eungai Rail since the last census. While few people give their time to organised groups, many locals are heavily involved in providing unpaid care and housework for their families.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.3% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care for children (27.3%) and do at least 15 hours of housework (24.8%) than the state or national averages. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 8.1%.
8.1% ▼ -44.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
About 1.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Eungai Rail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11462/eungai-rail/topic/community