13.6% —
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Essendon (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Essendon (Western Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people provide unpaid care in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) compared to most other areas. While 13.5% of residents offer this support, the number of people volunteering has dropped significantly over recent years. These figures show a community where formal volunteering has declined, but personal care roles remain prominent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. However, this is a drop of 6.1 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.5% of residents provide unpaid care—a figure much higher than most areas—those caring for children (23.8%) and doing heavy housework (18.3%) are both a little below the national average.
13.5% —
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% —
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% —
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
Very few people in this area have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.4%. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 87% 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 Essendon (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22607/essendon/topic/community