16.6% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eganstown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eganstown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people spend their time on unpaid home duties in Eganstown than in the rest of the state. This is a community where 31.4% of residents put in at least 15 hours of housework a week, a figure far above the national average. Many locals also give their time to others through volunteering and caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people here are volunteers, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 16% of residents providing care and 31.4% doing heavy housework, which is far above national levels. However, the 22.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.0% ▲ +36.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 53% 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 Eganstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20849/eganstown/topic/community