21.9% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dimboola · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dimboola
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national average of people volunteer in Dimboola, where 21.9% of residents give their time to others. This high level of local contribution defines a community with a strong spirit of service. While volunteering has fallen since 2011, the town remains far more active in this area than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, sitting at 21.9% compared to 14.1% across Australia. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 31.4% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.1% providing care and 26.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. In contrast, far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the state.
14.1% ▲ +35.5%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 striking 7.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the 2.8% national figure.
7.4%
Higher than 94% 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 Dimboola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215030/dimboola/topic/community