27.6% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dean · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dean
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines Dean, where 27.6% of people volunteer. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%, making it one of the most active areas for community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than a quarter of the population volunteers, a rate that is far above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.6% of people provide unpaid childcare or do significant housework—both figures well above the national average—only 8.2% provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
8.2% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian figure and about the same as the national average.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Dean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20722/dean/topic/community