26.3% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eldorado · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eldorado
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Eldorado volunteer, a rate that is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit defines the area, where residents are also more likely to have served in the Defence Force and provide unpaid care compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.3% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are a little more common here than in the rest of the country, with 14.5% in this role. While 27.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average at 23.0%.
14.5% ▲ +44.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.2% of the population having served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Eldorado [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20852/eldorado/topic/community