21.4% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Drouin South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Drouin South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Drouin South has remained strong, with a particularly high number of residents giving their time to others. Over 21% of the population volunteers, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of helping extends to unpaid care and housework, where the area sits above the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.4% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 17.6% of people providing care and 23.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Meanwhile, 25.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure.
17.6% ▲ +68.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.0%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20792/drouin-south/topic/community