16.8% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elsternwick · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elsternwick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than average number of people in Elsternwick give their time to volunteering. Around 16.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% figure for Victoria. This reflects a community where more people are engaged in unpaid work compared to the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people in Elsternwick volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This level of participation is around the middle when compared with similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 13.6% of residents provide unpaid care and 26.2% care for children unpaid, both of which are about the same as the Victorian and national figures. However, the 16.9% of people doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework is well below the 20.7% average for Australia.
13.6% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.2% of the population. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Elsternwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20864/elsternwick/topic/community