29.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dartmouth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dartmouth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Across Dartmouth, defence service is among the highest in the country and unpaid carers is well above average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
29.0% of people in Dartmouth volunteer — well above average (above both the Victoria average of 13.3% and the national 14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
18.7% of people in Dartmouth provide unpaid care to others — well above average (above both the Victoria average of 12.9% and the national 11.9%). 15.9% of people in Dartmouth look after children without pay, well below average (below both the Victoria average of 26.3% and the national 26.3%). 18.7% of people in Dartmouth do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, well below average (below both the Victoria average of 20.1% and the national 20.7%).
18.7% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
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.
10.4% of people in Dartmouth have served in the Defence Force — among the highest in the country (above both the Victoria average of 2.0% and the national 2.8%).
10.4%
Higher than 97% 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 Dartmouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20719/dartmouth/topic/community