22.0% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Devon North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Devon North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Devon North spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure. This is a community with a strong spirit of giving, where many residents dedicate their time to helping others both in the home and through volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.3% of residents provide unpaid care and 23.6% care for children—both figures sitting near the national middle—a huge 35.3% perform significant unpaid housework. This last figure is far above the 20.7% typical across Australia.
12.3% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.3% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 35.3%
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.
About 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Devon North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20749/devon-north/topic/community