15.8% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eastern View · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eastern View
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of residents in Eastern View spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above national figures. While housework is common, very few people here provide unpaid care for others or have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above both the Victorian and Australian figures, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 39.5% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, those caring for children (13.2%) and those providing other unpaid care (0.0%) are both far below the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.2% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 39.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Eastern View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20834/eastern-view/topic/community