11.6% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Davistown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Davistown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid support to others in Davistown than in most similar areas. While volunteering is lower than average, the community has a strong history of service and a high rate of those caring for family at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.6% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring is common in the area, with 14.7% of people providing unpaid care, which is well above the New South Wales rate. This includes 24.6% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the Australian average.
14.7% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
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 here than in most similar areas, with 4.1% of people having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Davistown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11223/davistown/topic/community