7.2% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deanside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Deanside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Deanside provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This highlight of family support stands in contrast to other types of community contribution, which are generally lower than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.2% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 35.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, far fewer spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, at 16.7%, which is much lower than most areas. General unpaid care is also a little below the national figure, at 10.7%.
10.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.2% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 1.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Deanside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20724/deanside/topic/community