21.1% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Euroa · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Euroa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering sets Euroa apart from the rest of the state. About 21.1% of people here give their time to others, a figure well above the Victorian average. This strong spirit of contribution is a standout feature of the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.1% of residents helping out, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria. This rate has risen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is less common than in most areas at 20.5%, though this has risen 5.0 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, 13.7% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the state figure.
13.7% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▲ +32.5%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Around 3.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
3.8%
Higher than 56% 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 Euroa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215032/euroa/topic/community