18.5% ▼ -34.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elphinstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elphinstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Elphinstone provide unpaid care and volunteer than the state or national averages. Local residents are notably active in their community and home lives, with 18.5% volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of people helping out, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much higher than most areas, 16.8% of residents provide unpaid care. This is well above the national figure, and 28.7% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is also well above the state and national averages.
16.8% ▲ +51.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.7%
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 slightly higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to other areas, with 3.5% of people having served, slightly above the 2.0% figure for Victoria.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Elphinstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20863/elphinstone/topic/community