7.3% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Dandenong engage in unpaid community work compared to other similar areas. Only 7.3% of the population volunteer, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This low level of participation extends to unpaid care and housework, where Dandenong sits well below state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for this area type, with only 7.3% of people helping out. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and represents a 3.7 point drop since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 22.1%, and the 15.4% who do 15 or more hours of housework is also well below the national figure. While those two figures fell since 2011, the 11.1% of people providing other unpaid care rose slightly.
11.1% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.4% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.9% of the population. This is among the lowest for similar areas and is a little below the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
0.9%
Lower than 96% of state electorate 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 Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22305/dandenong/topic/community