12.8% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darlington Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Darlington Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual provide unpaid care in Darlington Point, where 14.3% of residents take on these roles. This is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. Other forms of community and home support are less common here than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 12.8% of people pitching in. This is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.3% of people provide unpaid care—which is a little above the national figure—far fewer people here handle unpaid housework or childcare compared to most areas. Only 18.0% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 21.2% care for children unpaid, both of which are well below state levels.
14.3% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 2.2% of the population. This is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11216/darlington-point/topic/community