22.9% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dalton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dalton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Dalton volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is seen across the area, from a strong tradition of unpaid care to a higher-than-usual number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.9% of people helping out. While 23.9% care for children—which is a little below the national figure—about 24.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a rate well above the Australian average.
14.9% ▲ +72.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 more prevalent in Dalton than in most similar places. About 4.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Dalton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11195/dalton/topic/community