24.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eva Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eva Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Eva Valley than in most similar areas. About 24.2% of residents give their time to others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong community involvement is paired with a higher-than-usual number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are very high here, with 24.2% of people helping out. This is 10 percentage points higher than the typical figure for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.2% of people provide unpaid care, very few residents—only 15.4%—do so for children, which is far below the national figure. However, a higher than usual 27.5% of the community spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
13.2% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.7% of the population. This is much higher than in most other areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Eva Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70096/eva-valley/topic/community