18.6% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dartmoor · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dartmoor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Dartmoor volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, though the number of people providing unpaid care and doing housework has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, at 17.7%, which is well below the national figure. This follows a trend where unpaid care and housework have both fallen since 2011.
12.7% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.7% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
Military service is much more common in Dartmoor than in most similar areas. The 5.6% who have served in the Defence Force is well above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
5.6%
Higher than 85% 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 Dartmoor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222016/dartmoor/topic/community