14.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
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.
Daily life in Dalwood involves a high level of unpaid work and care for others. While volunteering is common, the most striking feature is how many residents provide essential care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure and about the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common in Dalwood, where 21.7% of people provide unpaid care, a figure far above the state average. This is reflected in the 34.9% of people caring for children unpaid and the 32.5% who do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are much higher than most areas.
21.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 32.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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/SAL11197/dalwood/topic/community