16.1% —
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Eltham contribute to their community through unpaid work than in most similar areas. A striking 32.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While many residents take on these caring roles, the number of people volunteering has fallen since 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. However, this is a drop from 2016, when 22.8% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 15.6% of people providing unpaid care—a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with the area having some of the highest rates of unpaid childcare (32.6%) and housework (24.7%) in the region.
15.6% —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% —
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% —
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
About 2.4% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most similar areas. This is about the same as the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 64% of state electorate 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 Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22501/eltham/topic/community