14.4% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Drouin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Drouin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care work than most similar areas mark the community life in Drouin. While nearly 30% of people provide unpaid childcare, the number of local volunteers has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people in Drouin volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure. This is a notable decline from 2011, when 22.1% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 29.4% of people caring for children, a figure well above the national average. This is alongside higher than usual rates of people providing general unpaid care (14.4%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework a week (23.5%).
14.4% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population. This is about the same as the Australian figure and a little above the Victorian average.
3.1%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Drouin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205011076/drouin/topic/community