14.6% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dennington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dennington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual number of residents provide unpaid childcare helps shape daily life in Dennington. While 34.1% of people look after children without pay, this is well above the national figure of 26.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people volunteer their time. This is lower than most similar areas, though it sits a little above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.4% of people providing support to others. This is around the middle for similar areas, while 22.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 than in most similar areas. About 2.1% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Dennington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20737/dennington/topic/community