19.7% ▼ -41.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dalgety · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dalgety
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Dalgety volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community is more active in unpaid roles than most, particularly when it comes to looking after children and managing the home. These high levels of local contribution stand out compared to the rest of New South Wales.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.7% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 13.0% recorded for New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much higher than in most areas, with 33.2% of people providing this support. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%, and 27.4% of residents also spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care are a little below the national average at 9.1%.
9.1% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.2% ▲ +43.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
About 2.9% of the people in Dalgety have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality 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 Dalgety [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11191/dalgety/topic/community