9.8% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Across Eton, volunteering is well below average and unpaid carers is well below average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
9.8% of people in Eton volunteer, down 27.1% since 2011 — well below average (below both the Queensland average of 14.1% and the national 14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
9.8% of people in Eton provide unpaid care to others, up 2.1% since 2011 — well below average (below both the Queensland average of 11.5% and the national 11.9%). 29.0% of people in Eton look after children without pay, down 11.0% since 2011, above average (above both the Queensland average of 26.5% and the national 26.3%). 23.4% of people in Eton do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, down 18.7% since 2011, around the middle of the range (above both the Queensland average of 20.7% and the national 20.7%).
9.8% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
2.3% of people in Eton have served in the Defence Force — around the middle of the range (below both the Queensland average of 3.9% and the national 2.8%).
2.3%
Lower 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 Eton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30988/eton/topic/community