26.1% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dorroughby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dorroughby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted in Dorroughby, where a standout 26.1% of people now volunteer. This rate of volunteering is far above the national figure and is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in four residents volunteer here, which 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.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state average, housework is more common here, with 28.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. Those providing general unpaid care sit at 13.4%, which is a little above the national figure.
13.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
About 2.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national rates.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Dorroughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11282/dorroughby/topic/community