22.3% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dawes Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dawes Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most other areas define the social landscape of Dawes Point. While 22.3% of residents give their time to a cause, far fewer people here are involved in unpaid care or housework compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.3% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common than in most areas, particularly for children, where the rate of 14.3% is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, only 18.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well below the state average.
9.9% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 1.9% of the population. This is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Dawes Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11224/dawes-point/topic/community