11.2% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunkley · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Dunkley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Dunkley spend their time caring for children unpaid. This highlights a community where family responsibilities are a major part of daily life, even as formal volunteering has declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.2% of people in Dunkley volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 15.7% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common here, with 29.2% of people doing so unpaid, a figure a little above the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 13.7% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas.
13.7% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
About 2.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national rates.
2.5%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate 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 Dunkley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED212/dunkley/topic/community