16.2% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eatons Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eatons Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in similar areas contribute their time to others in Eatons Hill. The community is marked by a very high rate of unpaid childcare and a strong presence of former Defence Force members. Around 16.2% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.2% of people giving their time, slightly higher than the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in this area, with 34.0% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside 23.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is also well above the state and national average.
12.0% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 6.3%. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Eatons Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30937/eatons-hill/topic/community