15.8% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Drake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Drake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Drake than in the rest of the country. While 18% of residents offer unpaid care—well above the national figure—very few are caring for children. This suggests a community that looks after its adults more than its youth.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people here volunteer, which is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is among the lowest at this level, at just 9.9%. However, 29.7% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure well above the national average.
18.0% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.9% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 29.7%
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 1.8% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure.
1.8%
Lower 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 Drake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11292/drake/topic/community