26.3% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dingee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dingee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Dingee volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit defines daily life in the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to local causes than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.3% of residents are volunteers, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.6% of people providing care and 27.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well above the national figures. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is 21.0%, which is well below the national average of 26.3%.
15.6% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -35.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and roughly the same as the national rate.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Dingee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20757/dingee/topic/community