21.9% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Drumanure · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Drumanure
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community and family support define Drumanure compared to most similar areas. Around 22% of residents volunteer their time, and a huge proportion of the population provides unpaid care for others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.9% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very prevalent, as 28.1% of residents provide care—a rate far above the 11.9% seen across Australia. This includes 34.4% who care for children and 31.3% who do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are much higher than in most areas.
28.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force. This 0.0% rate is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Drumanure [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20794/drumanure/topic/community