24.3% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunnstown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dunnstown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Dunnstown volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the local spirit, as residents are much more likely to give their time than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.3% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is more common here than in most areas at 29.0%. While 21.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, those providing other types of unpaid care are a little below the state average at 11.4%.
11.4% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Around 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Dunnstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20812/dunnstown/topic/community