18.5% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunoon · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dunoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to the community in Dunoon (L) than in most similar areas. About 18.5% of residents volunteer, and over 31% provide unpaid childcare, both of which are well above the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of people helping out, though this is 3.7 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high, with 31% of people caring for children and 26.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both well above the state average. Meanwhile, 11.9% of residents provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian figure.
11.9% ▲ +67.5%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
A little more than the national average of people have served in the Defence Force, sitting at 3.9% for Dunoon (L).
3.9%
Higher than 60% of urban centre 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 Dunoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121033/dunoon/topic/community