0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Esk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Esk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Upper Esk now volunteer their time, but the area has a very strong history of military service. While formal volunteering is far below the national figure, the community is marked by high levels of unpaid care and home work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Upper Esk reported volunteering, which is among the lowest rates seen in similar areas and far below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 56% of people doing over 15 hours of housework and 24% providing unpaid care, both far above the national figures. However, no one is recorded as caring for children unpaid, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
24.0% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
56.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 56.0%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Upper Esk than elsewhere, with 13.8% of people having served, which is far above the 2.8% national average.
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 Upper Esk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60707/upper-esk/topic/community