24.1% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dederang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dederang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people in Dederang give their time to others compared to the rest of the state. Roughly one in four residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of helping out extends to unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.1% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and well above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here take on unpaid roles, with 14.2% providing care and 27.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. Meanwhile, 24.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the Victorian average.
14.2% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Military service is much more common in Dederang than in most similar areas. About 4.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Dederang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20726/dederang/topic/community