19.1% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darling Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Darling Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over 19% of residents in Darling Point volunteer their time, which is significantly higher than the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement stands out in an area where few people provide unpaid childcare or housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here provide unpaid care for children (18.3%) or do 15 or more hours of housework (15.7%) compared to most other areas. However, the 11.9% who provide general unpaid care is about the same as the state and national figures.
11.9% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 2.4%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Darling Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11212/darling-point/topic/community