20.7% ▼ -37.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dumbleyung · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dumbleyung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Dumbleyung volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community is highly engaged, with a strong record of service to others and a notably high proportion of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.7% of residents helping out. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most similar areas. About 10.2% of people provide unpaid care, while those caring for children unpaid sit at 23.6%, which is well below the state average of 28.5%.
10.2% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 very high in Dumbleyung, where 7.5% of people have served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Dumbleyung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50437/dumbleyung/topic/community