38.2% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunrobin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dunrobin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 4 in 10 people in Dunrobin volunteer their time, reflecting a very active community spirit. This high level of local involvement is mirrored by a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care and support to others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in the rest of the state, with 38.2% of people helping out, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of daily life, as 25.5% of people provide unpaid care—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven by high rates of people caring for children (36.4%) and those doing at least 15 hours of housework a week (36.4%).
25.5% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
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 area has served in the Defence Force, which 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 Dunrobin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20814/dunrobin/topic/community