31.5% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Derrinallum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Derrinallum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Derrinallum than in most similar areas, with 31.5% of residents giving their time. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.5% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 30.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 17.1% provide some form of unpaid care, the 22% who care for children unpaid is well below the Victorian average.
17.1% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.7% of residents having served, which is a little above the state figure.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Derrinallum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20745/derrinallum/topic/community