31.4% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.4%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eskdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eskdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 18 percentage point gap separates Eskdale from the state average when it comes to volunteering. This small community is highly active, with 31.4% of people giving their time to help others. This level of participation is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.4% of residents helping out. This is much higher than most similar areas and far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 17.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—other forms of home support are common. About 27.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is well above the state average.
14.5% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
Service to the country is strongly represented in Eskdale, where 7.7% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.7%
Higher than 91% 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 Eskdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20883/eskdale/topic/community