20.0% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eastwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eastwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people in Eastwood volunteer compared to the rest of the state. About 20% of residents give their time to community groups, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This spirit of contribution is seen across the area's unpaid work and service roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20% of people helping out. This is well above both the state and national figures, though it is around the middle when compared to similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life in Eastwood, where 14.1% of people provide care and 26% do 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are well above the national average, though slightly fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to most other areas.
14.1% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
The area has a higher number of veterans than most, with 3.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2% seen across Victoria.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Eastwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20836/eastwood/topic/community