17.1% ▼ -39.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dumbarton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dumbarton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Dumbarton than in most other areas, with only 18% of residents doing so. While child care is low, other forms of community support and service remain steady across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.1% of people helping out, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care is well below the state average, other unpaid work is more common; 14.9% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the Western Australian figure.
14.9% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.4% of residents having served.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Dumbarton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50435/dumbarton/topic/community