8.1% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Doonside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Doonside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 9% of people volunteer in Doonside, which is among the lowest rates for this kind of area. This suggests a local community where formal volunteering and unpaid care are less common than in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with 21.8% of people caring for children and 18.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the national figure for childcare and a little below the usual level for housework.
11.2% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 0.8% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Doonside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11277/doonside/topic/community