14.2% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Echuca · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Echuca
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Echuca involves a balance of paid work and personal duties, with 13.2% of people providing some form of unpaid care. This community participation is generally consistent with state and national patterns, reflecting a typical mix of family and social contributions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most other similar areas but about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 24.5% of people looking after children, though this is a little below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 21.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate lower than most areas.
13.2% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
Defence service is represented in the community by 2.9% of residents, a figure that is about the same as both the Victorian and Australian averages.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Echuca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20838/echuca/topic/community