19.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Derrinal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Derrinal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of residents in Derrinal volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit exists alongside a lower-than-average rate of unpaid caregiving. It suggests a place where people are active in their community, though few are caring for children or other family members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are high here, with 19.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 18.5%, and only 7.6% of residents provide unpaid care generally. However, 23.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the 20.7% national figure.
7.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower 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 Derrinal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20744/derrinal/topic/community