32.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darlow · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Darlow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Darlow volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of local participation, with 32.1% of residents giving back to their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 32.1%, the proportion of volunteers in Darlow is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 14.3% of people provide unpaid care for children—far below the national figure of 26.3%—a little more people provide general unpaid care than in the state average. About 21.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the Australian average.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 Darlow has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales and national 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 Darlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11217/darlow/topic/community