32.5% ▲ +241.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darkes Forest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Darkes Forest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 32.5% of people volunteer in Darkes Forest, making it a place where locals are far more active in their community than in most other areas. This spirit of helping out extends to the home, with much higher rates of unpaid care and housework than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 32.5% of residents giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Local residents are much more likely to provide unpaid support, with 17.5% caring for others and 32.5% caring for children, both well above the national figures. Additionally, the 26.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
17.5% ▲ +192.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▲ +94.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▲ +143.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 26.3%
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 New South Wales and Australian 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 Darkes Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11210/darkes-forest/topic/community