16.2% ▼ -64.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Diggora · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Diggora
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care defines Diggora, where people are far more likely to provide support to others than in the rest of the state. While 19.1% of residents provide unpaid care, this sits alongside a strong history of service to the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 19.1% of people providing support, well above the national figure. However, far fewer people provide unpaid childcare or do 15 or more hours of housework compared to most other areas.
19.1% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
Military service is very common in Diggora, where 7.6% of people have served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the Victorian and national averages.
7.6%
Higher than 90% 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 Diggora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20755/diggora/topic/community