24.0% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deer Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Deer Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Deer Vale spend their time volunteering, making it a place where locals are far more active in their community than those in other parts of the country. This spirit of helping out is seen in both formal volunteering and high rates of unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24% of people here volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 30% of people caring for children and 26% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. However, the 10% of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the national average.
10.0% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 notable 5.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Deer Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11234/deer-vale/topic/community