7.4% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eumemmerring · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eumemmerring
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.4% of people volunteer in Eumemmerring, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in other forms of unpaid work and service. Most residents are less likely to provide unpaid care or have served in the military compared to other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very uncommon here, with only 7.4% of residents taking part. 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.
Unpaid care is less frequent than in most areas. Only 15.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, and the 22.2% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
11.1% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
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.
Just 1.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Eumemmerring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20889/eumemmerring/topic/community