16.0% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eildon · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Eildon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than six per cent of people in Eildon have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure. This creates a community where military service is more common than in most other areas. While volunteering remains steady, fewer people are performing unpaid childcare and housework compared to a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people in Eildon volunteer, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is a decline from 2011, when 20.3% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare in Eildon is far below the national figure at 15.9%, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework have also fallen since 2011. Meanwhile, 13.2% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
13.2% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.6% of the population. This is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.6%
Higher than 90% 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 Eildon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221026/eildon/topic/community