12.8% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Essendon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Essendon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A slightly lower share of residents engage in unpaid work compared to national figures, making Essendon a place where community participation is modest. While 13.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care, volunteering rates remain lower than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 12.8% of residents pitching in. This is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1% and about the same as the Victorian rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 13.9% of people helping out. However, far fewer people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (19.1%) compared to most other areas.
13.9% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 smaller number of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 1.5%, this is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and about the same as Victoria's 2.0%.
1.5%
Lower than 64% 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 Essendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20885/essendon/topic/community