9.5% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darawank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Darawank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering than most similar areas mark the community profile of Darawank. While only 9.5% of people volunteer, the area has a notably strong connection to the military and a high number of people providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.5% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.6% of people doing so. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%, though the rate of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average.
14.6% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 a prominent feature of the local population, with 4.7% of people having served. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 77% 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 Darawank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11204/darawank/topic/community