9.8% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Docklands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Docklands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people contribute unpaid work or care in Docklands compared to the rest of the state. This trend is seen across the board, with only 9.8% of residents volunteering their time. Such low levels of community and family care are among the lowest found in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9.8% of people in Docklands volunteer, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare here, with only 13.1% of people caring for children and 5.4% providing general unpaid care—both far below the national average. Similarly, only 11.4% do more than 15 hours of housework, which is well below the 20.7% figure for Australia.
5.4% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.1% ▲ +19.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.4% ▲ +29.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.2% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national figure.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 Docklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20766/docklands/topic/community