27.5% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Donald · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Donald
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering has grown steadily in Donald, where 27.5% of people now give their time to help others. This is a very high rate compared to the rest of the country. While more people are volunteering and providing general unpaid care, far fewer residents are providing unpaid childcare than they were ten years ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 28% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This level of community involvement is among the highest for similar areas and has risen 4.8 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children has fallen sharply by 17 points since 2011 to 18.4%, which is well below the state average. In contrast, 14.8% of people provide other types of unpaid care, and a quarter of residents do at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
14.8% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▼ -47.8%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is slightly lower than most similar areas and is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 72% 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 Donald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215031/donald/topic/community