10.3% ▼ -59.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dreeite · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dreeite
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap in community involvement marks Dreeite, where service to the country is far more common than volunteering. While only 10.3% of people volunteer, over 10% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people in Dreeite volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work in the home is common, with 31% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, far above the 20.7% seen across Australia. However, far fewer people provide unpaid care for others or children compared to the state and national figures.
5.2% ▼ -60.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.5% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
Service to the country is very high here, with 10.7% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia and among the highest levels for similar areas.
10.7%
Higher than 97% 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 Dreeite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20784/dreeite/topic/community