33.9% ▼ -27.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.9%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Douglas · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Douglas
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 33.9% of people in Douglas volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This level of involvement is much higher than most other similar areas. It shows a community where a third of the residents give their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.9% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 35.7% of people caring for children and 26.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above Victorian figures. However, the 8.9% providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
8.9% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.7% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
No one in Douglas has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20782/douglas/topic/community