6.3% ▼ -78.1%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Euston · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Euston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in local volunteering defines the recent shift in Euston (L), where only 6.3% of people now volunteer. This reflects a broader trend of falling community participation across the area, with unpaid care and housework also seeing significant declines since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.3% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the 14.1% national figure. This is a steep decline from 2011, when volunteering stood at 28.6%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower here than in most areas, with only 7% of people providing unpaid care and 15% doing over 15 hours of housework. The share of people caring for children unpaid has also fallen significantly since 2011 to 17.8%.
7.0% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.0% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Lower than 72% of urban centre 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 Euston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122054/euston/topic/community