13.8% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Drouin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Drouin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Drouin provide unpaid child care, which is well above both state and national figures. This high level of family support is a standout feature of the area's community involvement. Other forms of service, including volunteering and defence, are more typical of the wider region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 13.8% of residents giving their time. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is high in Drouin, with 14.3% of people providing this support, which is a little above the national figure. This includes 29.7% of residents caring for children and 23.4% doing more than 15 hours of housework weekly.
14.3% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
A little more than 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Victorian average of 2.0% and about the same as the Australian figure.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Drouin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20790/drouin/topic/community