9.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eglinton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eglinton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty-two percent of people in Eglinton provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. While family care is common, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are much lower here than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.3% of people volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here at 42.1%, though only 7.9% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas. About 19.3% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little below the Australian figure.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.1% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
Defence service is less common in Eglinton than in most areas, with 1.5% of people having served in the Defence Force.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Eglinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50476/eglinton/topic/community