16.4% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dalwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dalwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Dalwood now contribute their time to others compared to previous years. Around 16.4% of the community volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This spirit of giving extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.4% of people helping out, a figure that sits a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more frequent than in most areas, with 16.9% of people providing care and 25.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework. However, the 22.2% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
16.9% ▲ +130.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.2%, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
4.2%
Higher than 74% 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 Dalwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11196/dalwood/topic/community