40.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Englefield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Englefield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted in Englefield since 2011, with a standout number of residents now giving their time for free. An impressive 40% of the population volunteer, making this area one of the most active for unpaid community work in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Forty per cent of people here volunteer, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%. This is among the highest levels of volunteering seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the 20.7% national average—no one here provides unpaid care for people with disabilities or the elderly, a figure far below the state and national rates.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Englefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20873/englefield/topic/community