0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Duckenfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Duckenfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost no one in Duckenfield reports volunteering, placing it among the lowest areas for community participation. While formal volunteering is rare, nearly 30% of people spend significant time on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low here, with 0.0% of people helping out. This is far below 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.
Unpaid housework is common, with 29.3% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Around 13.4% provide other unpaid care, and 26.8% care for children, both of which are a little above the state and national averages.
13.4% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▲ +31.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
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.
Very few people here have served in the Defence Force. At 0.0%, this is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian rate 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 Duckenfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11301/duckenfield/topic/community