14.1% ▼ -50.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elaine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elaine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 20.6% of people in Elaine spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This community has a higher rate of former Defence Force members than most similar areas. Other participation levels, including volunteering, sit close to state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common for 14.1% of residents, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 13.6% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. Notably, the 16.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average of 26.3%.
13.6% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -47.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.1% of people having served, which is a little above both the state and national rates.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Elaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20851/elaine/topic/community