30.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Delegate River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Delegate River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong tradition of service defines Delegate River, where 30% of residents volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This sparsely populated area is marked by high levels of community and military contribution compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30% of people giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% recorded across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.3% of people provide unpaid care, the proportion of those caring for children is well below the national figure at 16.7%. Meanwhile, 23.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Victorian average.
13.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 very prominent in Delegate River, where 14.7% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is far above the 2.0% found in Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
14.7%
Higher 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 Delegate River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20734/delegate-river/topic/community