19.8% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunstan · State Electorate
Community Participation in Dunstan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Dunstan volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This highlights a strong culture of community contribution in the area. While unpaid care for children is slightly lower than usual, providing other types of unpaid care is much more common here than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The proportion of volunteers in Dunstan rose to 19.8% in 2021, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 13.3% of people doing so. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid (24.5%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.7%) are both lower than most areas.
13.3% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 2.5% of people in Dunstan have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
2.5%
Lower than 60% 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 Dunstan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40010/dunstan/topic/community