19.5% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dungog · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Dungog
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen by 5.3 percentage points since 2011 in Dungog, though they remain high. Nearly one in five people still volunteer here, which is well above the national figure. Residents also provide significant amounts of unpaid care and support for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of people volunteer, a figure that is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%. This is higher than most other areas, despite the decline from 24.9% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 29.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of activity is seen across the board, as rates for unpaid childcare and general care are also much higher than in most areas.
14.4% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and much higher than most similar areas.
4.4%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) 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 Dungog [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12700/dungog/topic/community