14.4% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dulwich Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dulwich Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Dulwich Hill involves less time spent on unpaid chores and caregiving than in most other areas. While 14.4% of the community volunteers, the area stands out for having a much lower rate of people performing heavy housework than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than in most similar areas but sits slightly above the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with only 17.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 21.5% caring for children, both of which are well below the national averages.
11.0% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 0.9% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Dulwich Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11306/dulwich-hill/topic/community