17.9% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deepdene · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Deepdene
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average number of people contribute their time to others in Deepdene, where 17.9% of residents volunteer. This commitment to community support is reflected in both formal volunteering and a high rate of unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Deepdene are well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.6% of residents providing support—a figure well above the national average of 11.9%. This sits alongside 25.1% of people caring for children unpaid, which is a little below the state and national figures of 26.3%.
15.6% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
Defence service is less common in Deepdene than in most other areas, with 1.6% of people having served. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Deepdene [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20728/deepdene/topic/community