32.4% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dalwallinu · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Dalwallinu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Dalwallinu than in almost any other similar area. About 32.4% of the community gives their time to others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of helping others defines the town's community involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.4% of people helping out, though this is 4 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is typical for the region, as 11.3% of people provide care and 27.6% look after children. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell by 8.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 19.3%.
11.3% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 much less common here than in most areas, with only 1.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
1.7%
Lower 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 Dalwallinu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52520/dalwallinu/topic/community