6.1% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dundee Downs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dundee Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 8 percentage points separates the volunteering rate in Dundee Downs from both the Territory and national figures. Only 6.1% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This lack of community volunteering is mirrored by a very low rate of unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 6.1% of residents volunteer their time. This is well below the 14.1% figure seen across both Australia and the Northern Territory.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is rare here at 9.2%, which is far below the national figure. However, 27.6% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, a rate well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
11.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.2% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%, though a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
3.0%
Higher 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 Dundee Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70082/dundee-downs/topic/community