23.1% ▼ -35.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elmhurst · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elmhurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Elmhurst give their time to volunteer, making it a place where community spirit is much stronger than in most other areas. While the area has a high rate of volunteering, it has far fewer people caring for children unpaid compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.1% of residents helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the own national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, at just 15.0%. Meanwhile, 23.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is a little above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.3% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.0% ▼ -43.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.6% of residents having done so. This is a little above the 2.0% recorded across Victoria.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Elmhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20861/elmhurst/topic/community