14.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dry Plain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dry Plain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Dry Plain than in other parts of the country, with only 8.6% doing so. This community sees modest levels of volunteering and care work, remaining generally in line with state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower here than the Australian average of 26.3%. Other care roles are less common too, with 11.4% providing unpaid care and 20.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.6% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
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 Dry Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11298/dry-plain/topic/community