20.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dawson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dawson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of people in Dawson volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This spirit of helping others is a standout feature of daily life here, with volunteer rates well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 41% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—a figure far above the national average—no one here is recorded as providing unpaid care to others.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.0% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 41.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Dawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20720/dawson/topic/community