25.6% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Drake Village · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Drake Village
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of residents in Drake Village volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of local participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.6% of people here volunteer, a rate that is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 13.4% of residents provide unpaid care, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is far above the New South Wales figure at 34.1%. This contrasts with the local rate of people caring for children unpaid, which is far below the national average at 14.6%.
13.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.6% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
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 national figure of 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 Drake Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11293/drake-village/topic/community