23.6% ▼ -30.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elgin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elgin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 24% of people in Elgin volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community is far more likely to give their time to others than most other areas. It is also a place where unpaid housework is much more common than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.6% of residents helping out. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is far more common in Elgin than elsewhere, with 33% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. Meanwhile, 28.3% provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state average, though the 8.5% who provide other unpaid care is well below the national figure.
8.5% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.0% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 33.0%
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.
No one in Elgin has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both the state and the nation.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Elgin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50480/elgin/topic/community