10.8% ▼ -45.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dundee Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dundee Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Dundee Beach do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. This high level of home-based work stands out in a community where other forms of volunteering are much less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% figure seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.8% of people provide some form of unpaid care, this is far more likely to be for adults than children, as the rate of childcare is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
12.8% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.8% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 32.8%
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 slightly higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.0% of residents having served.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Dundee Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70081/dundee-beach/topic/community