14.6% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darling Heights · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Darling Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force in Darling Heights compared to most other areas. This community shows steady levels of unpaid care and volunteering, though the number of people volunteering has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of residents volunteer, which is roughly the same as the state and national figures. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 19.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common for 25.7% of people, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade. While 11.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week is a little below the national figure.
11.9% ▲ +24.5%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 3.8% of the population. This is higher than in most similar areas and sits slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Darling Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/317011446/darling-heights/topic/community