12.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dunach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Dunach involves a high level of home-based work, with 37.2% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%. While many residents manage the home, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of people in Dunach volunteer, which is much lower than in most similar areas. This rate is about the same as the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 37.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the 20.1% seen across Victoria. However, the 21.8% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the national average of 26.3%.
12.8% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.2% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 37.2%
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 Dunach has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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).
More for Dunach
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Dunach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20807/dunach/topic/community