13.9% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eden Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eden Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Eden Hill is shaped by a strong focus on family, with 28.3% of people providing unpaid childcare. This is a higher figure than in most other similar areas. While many look after children, fewer residents spend their spare time volunteering compared to other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.9% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 10.8% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure lower than most areas. This sits alongside a much lower rate of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, at 19.0%.
10.8% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
Around 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Eden Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50473/eden-hill/topic/community