19.0% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eaglemont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eaglemont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving time to others is a common part of life in Eaglemont, where 19% of people volunteer. This level of community spirit is well above both the Victorian and national figures. Residents are also more likely to spend their spare time helping others at home than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, a rate that is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in most other areas. This is seen in the 18.3% who provide unpaid care and the 25.1% who do at least 15 hours of housework, both of which are well above the national figures.
18.3% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Eaglemont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20825/eaglemont/topic/community