13.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dum Dum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dum Dum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Dum Dum than in most similar areas, with 15.9% of residents stepping into this role. While volunteering levels are about the same as the national figure, there is a strong presence of former Defence Force members. These patterns show a community where private support and service are more common than in many other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than in most similar areas but remains about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.9% of people providing care and 27.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. However, the 14.2% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average.
15.9% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.2% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
A much higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to similar areas, with 4.4% of the population having served, slightly above the state and national figures.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Dum Dum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11307/dum-dum/topic/community