20.1% ▼ -32.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dumbalk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dumbalk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Dumbalk give their time to others than in most similar areas. About 20.1% of the community volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of helping out is reflected in high rates of unpaid housework and caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.1% of people helping out, well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 26.0% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, well above the national figure. This sits alongside a slightly higher rate of people providing unpaid care at 14.7%, while 25.5% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
14.7% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Dumbalk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20804/dumbalk/topic/community