19.0% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunbogan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dunbogan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service defines Dunbogan, where volunteering and caregiving rates are well above national levels. Nearly one in five residents gives their time to others, marking a significant gap compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19% of people in Dunbogan volunteer, which is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 16.2% of people provide unpaid care and 28.1% do 15 or more hours of housework, both well above the national figures. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 16.3%, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.2% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.3% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 6.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
6.6%
Higher than 88% 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 Dunbogan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11313/dunbogan/topic/community