11.0% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Doreen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Doreen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Doreen than in the rest of the state. While 40.4% of residents care for children unpaid, other forms of community contribution are less common, with volunteering rates well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, as 40.4% of people provide unpaid care for children, a figure far above the 26.3% seen across Victoria. Meanwhile, 13.6% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
13.6% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.4% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
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% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Doreen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20779/doreen/topic/community