19.7% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Davidson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Davidson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 20% of people in Davidson volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community is highly active in unpaid work, with significantly more people providing childcare and doing housework than in the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.0% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here; 31.4% of people care for children and 26.6% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both figures being well above the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 12.4% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.4% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force at 1.9%, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Davidson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11221/davidson/topic/community