11.8% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Darlington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Darlington provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This small area shows a high level of family and care responsibilities, though it has lower rates of general volunteering than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and slightly below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 16.3% of people doing so, well above the Australian figure of 11.9%. This is driven by childcare, as 30.4% of residents care for children unpaid, which is much higher than most areas.
16.3% ▲ +175.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
Defence service is more common in Darlington than in most areas, with 3.9% of people having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11214/darlington/topic/community