30.9% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Digby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Digby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 30.9% of people in Digby volunteer, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. This highlights a community where local contribution is very common, though fewer residents are involved in childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a third of residents volunteer their time, which is much higher than most similar areas and far above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 19.6% of people providing care and 35.1% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. However, the 11.3% who provide unpaid childcare is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
19.6% ▲ +34.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.3% ▼ -57.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.1% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 35.1%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Digby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20753/digby/topic/community