15.7% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dobies Bight · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dobies Bight
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 27% of people in Dobies Bight provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out with children, other types of unpaid care and housework are much less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is lower than in most similar areas, though at 15.7% it remains a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is generally low here. Only 7.9% of people provide unpaid care and 18% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national and state figures.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of residents having served, slightly above the New South Wales average.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Dobies Bight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11264/dobies-bight/topic/community