24.0% ▼ -35.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Everton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Everton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Everton volunteer their time, reflecting a community that is far more active than most. This spirit of contribution is matched by a high proportion of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Everton is far more active than the rest of the state, with 24% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily life involves a lot of home support here, as 30.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is far above the Victorian average. While 28.7% care for children unpaid, the rate of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the national figure at 10.8%.
10.8% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 30.5%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2% seen across Victoria.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Everton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20896/everton/topic/community