15.7% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Denver · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Denver
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Denver engage in unpaid childcare compared to similar areas, though the community has a strong military connection. While only 18.7% of people provide unpaid child care, over 5% of the population has served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas but a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents do a lot of housework, with 27.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on it, a figure well above the national average. In contrast, the proportion of people providing unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas, sitting well below the Victorian average at 18.7%.
12.7% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
A much higher proportion of people in Denver have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, reaching 5.1%, which is well above the state figure.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Denver [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20738/denver/topic/community