20.3% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunbible · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dunbible
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement mark Dunbible, where residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide care than people in similar areas. About one in five people volunteer here, and unpaid care is very common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a strong feature of the area, with 20.3% of people helping out, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 29.7% of people do at least 15 hours of housework a week, which is well above the 20.7% national average. This trend continues with 17.2% providing unpaid care and 27.7% caring for children, both of which are higher than most areas.
17.2% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.7%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to similar areas, with 5.0% of residents having served.
5.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality 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 Dunbible [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11312/dunbible/topic/community