6.5% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dandenong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dandenong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Dandenong take part in unpaid community or household work compared to similar areas. Only 6.5% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This pattern of low participation extends across volunteering, childcare, and house work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for this level, with only 6.5% of people giving their time. This is well below both Victoria's 13.3% and Australia's 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas. Only 19.9% of people care for children unpaid and 13.2% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figures.
9.7% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.2% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.8% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Dandenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20707/dandenong/topic/community