8.5% ▼ -57.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dewhurst · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dewhurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid home duties than most similar areas define Dewhurst, though community volunteering is quite low. While 34.1% of residents spend significant time on housework, only 8.5% of people here volunteer.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is low in Dewhurst, with only 8.5% of people helping out, which is well below the 13.3% figure for Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 34.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with higher rates of people providing unpaid care (14.7%) and those caring for children (28.7%).
14.7% ▲ +70.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.1% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 34.1%
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 around the middle for similar areas, with 3.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Dewhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20750/dewhurst/topic/community