7.6% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dandenong · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Dandenong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 7.6% of people in Dandenong volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area. This figure is well below both the Victorian and national averages, and it has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far less common here than in other areas, with the 7.6% rate sitting well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 22.3% of people caring for children and 15.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework. A little below the national average, 10.8% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care.
10.8% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 rare in Dandenong, where 0.9% of people have served. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Dandenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21204/dandenong/topic/community