15.0% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darlinghurst · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Darlinghurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Darlinghurst than in most other similar areas. Only 6.5% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure well below the national average of 11.9%. This trend extends to childcare and housework, which are both much less common here than across the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.0% of residents are volunteers. This is lower than in most similar areas, though it sits a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with only 8.4% of people caring for children and 9.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are far below the national averages of 26.3% and 20.7% respectively.
6.5% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.4% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.9% ▲ +58.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population. This is lower than in most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Darlinghurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11213/darlinghurst/topic/community