10.8% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dee Why · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dee Why
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Dee Why engage in unpaid community work compared to other areas. Only 10.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower participation extends to both unpaid care and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 10.8%, the rate is a little below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and well below the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with the 8.6% who provide such care being much lower than most areas. This is consistent with a much lower proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework compared to the national figure.
8.6% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
Those who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.3% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the state and national figures.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Dee Why [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11229/dee-why/topic/community