9.4% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Docker · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Docker
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Docker than in the rest of the state, with only 9.4% of residents helping out. While community volunteering is low, a higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.4% of people volunteer here, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure. However, the share of people providing unpaid care is 11.5%, a little below the state average.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 more common in Docker than in most areas, with 4.2% of people having served, which is a little above the national average of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Docker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20764/docker/topic/community