10.5% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dundas · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Dundas
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and caring for children in Dundas than they were in 2011. Just 10.5% of residents now volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This decline is part of a broader trend where unpaid community and family support has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of people in Dundas volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure has fallen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children has dropped sharply to 10.0%, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This is consistent with low rates of other unpaid work, as only 17.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
8.3% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.0% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 here than in other areas, with 4.7% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.7%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) 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 Dundas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53080/dundas/topic/community