12.0% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dalyston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dalyston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A slightly higher share of people provide unpaid care in Dalyston compared to the rest of the country. While 13.6% of residents provide unpaid care, only 12% of the community spend their time volunteering, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian (13.3%) and national (14.1%) rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family and home responsibilities are common here, with 28.4% of people caring for children unpaid, which is a little above the national figure. This sits alongside 23.2% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the state average.
13.6% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Dalyston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20706/dalyston/topic/community