32.5% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dowerin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dowerin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Dowerin give their time to volunteer, making the town far more active in community work than most of Australia. This spirit of helping out defines daily life here, with 32.5% of residents volunteering, which is more than double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Dowerin, where 32.5% of people help out. This is far above the state figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 27.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 22.2% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 10.8% provide other unpaid care, both of which are lower than in most similar places.
10.8% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for areas of this size, with 2.3% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Dowerin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50424/dowerin/topic/community