12.1% ▼ -50.1%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eynesbury · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Eynesbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Eynesbury than in most similar areas. While 43.6% of residents care for children without pay, very few locals take part in other community activities like volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This is a little below the national figure and represents a sharp drop of 12 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of unpaid childcare is far above the Victorian and national figures of 26.3%, having risen 13 points since 2011. Meanwhile, 23.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure.
13.7% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.6% ▲ +41.8%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 2.4% of people in Eynesbury having done so. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.4%
Lower than 79% 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 Eynesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215033/eynesbury/topic/community