29.3% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Denmark · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Denmark
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Denmark volunteer their time, which is far more than the national average. This high level of community involvement defines daily life in the area, even though the number of volunteers has dipped slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.3% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 15.9% in Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in Denmark, where 28.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.5% provide general unpaid care, which is a little above the state average.
12.5% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.5% of residents having this experience.
3.5%
Higher than 69% 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 Denmark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52730/denmark/topic/community