23.2% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dandry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dandry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Dandry give their time to others than in the rest of the state, with a striking 23.2% of residents volunteering. This spirit of community service extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.2% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Dandry, where 37.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, 16.1% provide unpaid care, which is well above the 11.9% Australian average.
16.1% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.5% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
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 community has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Dandry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11199/dandry/topic/community