16.3% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eltham North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eltham North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of residents in Eltham North provide unpaid childcare, a rate well above the national figure. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid domestic work and caregiving compared to most other areas. These figures reflect a population heavily engaged in supporting family and home needs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people here volunteer their time, which is a little above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 34.2% of people caring for children and 15.5% providing other unpaid care, both much higher than most areas. Additionally, 25.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the Australian figure of 20.7%.
15.5% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.4%, which is about the same as the rates for Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Eltham North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20866/eltham-north/topic/community