30.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Edgecombe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Edgecombe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Edgecombe than in the rest of the country, with 30.4% of residents giving their time. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency to help out at home and care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.4% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 16.3% of residents providing care and 30.4% doing over 15 hours of housework, both well above the national figures. However, the 22.8% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
16.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 30.4%
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% to 2.8% found across Victoria and Australia.
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 Edgecombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20845/edgecombe/topic/community