11.8% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Epsom · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Epsom
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of families provide unpaid care in Epsom, which stands out as the most striking feature of local community life. While only 11.8% of residents volunteer, a huge 35.1% are unpaid carers for children, a figure well above the Victorian and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. Only 11.8% of people volunteer, which is a little below the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common in Epsom, with 35.1% of people providing this support, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This helps explain why the 14.2% of residents providing general unpaid care is higher than most other areas.
14.2% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.1% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 2.2% of the population. This is about the same as the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Epsom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20879/epsom/topic/community