23.6% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Emu Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Emu Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Emu Point volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This creates a community where people are very active in unpaid work, despite being far less likely than other Australians to provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.6% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 12.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the national rate of 26.3%. Other unpaid tasks are also less common, with 18.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework, a little below the state figure.
11.2% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.7% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 little more than the state average of people have served in the Defence Force, accounting for 4.0% of the population.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Emu Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50486/emu-point/topic/community