14.1% —
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Evelyn (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Evelyn (Eastern Victoria)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Evelyn (Eastern Victoria) compared to similar areas. While volunteering has dropped, the community shows a strong commitment to family and care duties, with 30.8% of people caring for children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 5.9 percentage points since 2016 to 14.1%. This is now about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are common here, with 14.7% of people providing unpaid care, a figure that rose 2.6 percentage points since 2016. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is a little above the national figure of 11.9%.
14.7% —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% —
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population, which is lower than most areas. This is about the same as the 2% seen across Victoria.
2.1%
Lower than 74% 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 Evelyn (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22802/evelyn/topic/community