10.0% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eucla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eucla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 13.8% of people in Eucla have served in the Defence Force, a figure far above the national average. While military service is common, other forms of community contribution are much lower than typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far below the national figure at 13.3%, though 23.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the Australian average.
10.0% ▲ +362.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▲ +144.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
Military service is very prominent here, with 13.8% of people having served in the Defence Force, far above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
13.8%
Higher 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 Eucla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50494/eucla/topic/community