13.2% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eureka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eureka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of people providing unpaid care defines Eureka, which stands out from most similar areas. While these care roles are common, other forms of community involvement like volunteering remain relatively low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 15.7% of people providing such support, which is well above the Australian figure of 11.9%. This sits alongside 26.5% of people caring for children unpaid, and 18.3% doing over 15 hours of housework, which is much lower than most areas.
15.7% ▲ +51.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Eureka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20891/eureka/topic/community