6.6% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Epping · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Epping
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 6.6% of people in Epping volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. While community involvement in formal groups is low, many residents contribute through unpaid care. This balance shows a community where home-based support is more common than organized volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, with only 6.6% of people helping out. This is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here care for children unpaid than in most areas, sitting a little above the state and national figures at 27.3%. However, those doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework are much fewer than in most areas, at 17.3%.
12.2% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 0.9% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20878/epping/topic/community