15.5% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Don Valley · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Don Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Don Valley provide unpaid care for children, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of unpaid care defines the community's contribution to the home and family. While many are focused on care, volunteering has also grown over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This rate has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011, though it remains lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 22% of people providing care—a rate far above the national figure. This includes 30.7% of people caring for children, which is much higher than most areas, and 23% who do at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
22.0% ▲ +71.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▲ +32.3%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.9%. This is much lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Victorian average.
1.9%
Lower than 87% 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 Don Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222019/don-valley/topic/community