14.0% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dingley Village · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dingley Village
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Dingley Village than in most similar areas. While volunteering levels are typical for the state, there is a strong presence of residents supporting others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14% of residents volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 15.2% of people helping out. This includes 28.8% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is a little above the national figure.
15.2% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a result that is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Victorian average.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Dingley Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20758/dingley-village/topic/community