14.0% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Edithvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Edithvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 31.1% of people in Edithvale provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This high level of family care is a standout feature of the area's community profile, though other forms of civic engagement follow more typical patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 15% of people doing so. While childcare rates are very high, the 20.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is lower than in most other areas.
15.0% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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).
More for Edithvale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Edithvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20848/edithvale/topic/community