26.5% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Edenhope · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Edenhope
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Edenhope, where 26.5% of people volunteer. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and much higher than most similar areas. Local participation remains high across various forms of community support and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.5% of residents giving their time. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 17.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 13.3% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
13.3% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
Service to the country is more common in Edenhope than in most areas. About 4.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
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 Edenhope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20844/edenhope/topic/community