21.7% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Euroa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Euroa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over 21% of people in Euroa volunteer, which is far higher than the figures for Victoria and Australia. This strong community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.7% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 13.8% of people provide unpaid care—a bit higher than the national figure—those caring for children unpaid are well below the state and national average at 20.5%. About 22.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.8% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 higher share of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of people having served. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Euroa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20892/euroa/topic/community