33.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reedy Dam · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reedy Dam
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in three people in Reedy Dam volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This level of community involvement stands out in a place where many residents also spend significant time on unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 33.3% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 20.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—a huge 41.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the Australian average of 20.7%. Around 12.5% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.7% —
Higher than 97% 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 Reedy Dam has served in the Defence Force, a figure 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 Reedy Dam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22156/reedy-dam/topic/community