17.1% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunwich · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dunwich
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 20.5% of people in Dunwich provide unpaid childcare, the largest form of community contribution in the area. While many residents give their time to others, the local rate of unpaid care for children is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A total of 17.1% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a drop from 2011, when the volunteering rate was 20.5%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing general unpaid care sit at 11.5%, which is about the same as the national figure. This is alongside a lower than usual rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which fell 8.0 points since 2011 to reach 22.0%.
11.5% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas. Those who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 68% 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 Dunwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321037/dunwich/topic/community