32.6% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elliston · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Elliston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of people in Elliston (L) volunteer their time, which is far more than the national figure. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong trend of residents providing unpaid care and support to others in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 32.6%, volunteering is among the highest for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national average, though this figure fell 3.6 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 17.6% of people providing unpaid care and 28.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are well above the national average, while those caring for children unpaid (28.1%) are also slightly more common than in most areas.
17.6% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.1%. This is among the lowest for similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 92% 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 Elliston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422020/elliston/topic/community