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Drildool · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Drildool

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Far more people provide unpaid care in Drildool than in most other areas, with 29.2% of residents helping others. This strong trend toward caregiving stands out in a community where volunteering is also more common than across the state.

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Where Drildool sits — Volunteers

16.7% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Drildool — lower than 57% of areas.

Drildool16.7%
2386, NSW 20.5%
New South Wales 13.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

About 16.7% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.

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16.7% —

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

While 29.2% of people provide unpaid care—far above the national figure of 11.9%—this is not for children. Only 16.7% care for children unpaid, and 12.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below Australian averages.

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 2.8% seen across Australia.

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 Drildool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11294/drildool/topic/community