26.0% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elmore · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Elmore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 26% of people in Elmore volunteer, which is far above the Victorian average. This high level of community involvement is the standout feature of the area, despite volunteering rates falling by 8 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas. The 26% rate is far above both the Victorian (13.3%) and national (14.1%) figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is a little above the national figure at 14.3%, and 24.9% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Victorian average. However, the rate of people providing unpaid childcare is well below the national figure at 21.4%.
14.3% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
Defence service is more common in Elmore than in most similar areas. At 4.3%, this is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
4.3%
Higher than 66% 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 Elmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221027/elmore/topic/community