12.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elingamite North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elingamite North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Elingamite North has seen a shift in focus, with a very high proportion of people now providing unpaid care at home. While formal volunteering is less common, over 32% of residents look after children without pay, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people here volunteer, a rate that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 30.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.1% seen in Victoria. This is consistent with the 32.6% who provide unpaid childcare, though only 9% provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the state average.
9.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Elingamite North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20855/elingamite-north/topic/community