25.5% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eurunderee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eurunderee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Eurunderee, where more than a quarter of the population volunteer. This local commitment to community and care is far higher than figures seen across New South Wales and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are remarkably high here, with 25.5% of people giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common, as 15.4% of people provide unpaid care and 30.2% look after children unpaid, both figures being well above the national average. However, the 18.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
15.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
About 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most other areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.0%
Lower 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 Eurunderee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11470/eurunderee/topic/community