16.8% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dalmeny · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dalmeny
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have risen in Dalmeny to reach 16.8%, making it a more active community than the national average. This spirit of contribution is matched by a strong presence of veterans, with 5.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and a little above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 19.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure—a higher than usual 26.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
12.7% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
A much higher proportion of people in Dalmeny have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 5.2%.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Dalmeny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11192/dalmeny/topic/community