9.4% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dareton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dareton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Dareton contribute unpaid work or volunteer compared to the state and national figures. Only 9.4% of residents volunteer, and unpaid care for children is much lower than in most other areas. This suggests a community with very low levels of formal and informal participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 9.4% of people helping out. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas; only 13.3% of people care for children, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Similarly, the 15.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
10.2% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
About 2.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 53% 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 Dareton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11207/dareton/topic/community