20.6% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eagle Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eagle Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Eagle Point have stepped up to volunteer their time since 2011. The area shows a strong spirit of giving, with 20.6% of residents volunteering, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people here volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While much fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the national figure, many more residents spend significant time on housework; 29.2% do 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the Victorian average.
13.8% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.5% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 4.3% of residents having served, slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Eagle Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20822/eagle-point/topic/community