18.3% ▼ -27.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Delungra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Delungra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high 18.3% of people volunteer in Delungra, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, though the types of care provided vary. While many residents help out in the community, fewer are caring for children compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 21.8%. However, more people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework (24.6%) than the national average of 20.7%, while 10.8% provide other types of unpaid care.
10.8% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.2%
Higher 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 Delungra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11236/delungra/topic/community