41.4% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Derriwong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Derriwong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than four in ten people in Derriwong volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong culture of unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 41.4% of residents pitching in. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of daily life, with 37.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, alongside much higher rates of people providing unpaid care (24.1%) and caring for children (34.5%).
24.1% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.5% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 37.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales and Australian rates of 2.3% and 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Derriwong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11245/derriwong/topic/community