14.7% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dundas · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dundas
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Dundas involves a high level of family support, with 27.2% of people caring for children unpaid. This is higher than most similar areas, though other forms of community contribution are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most other areas but slightly above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While many people care for children, only 10.4% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure a little below both the state and national averages. Around 22% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is lower than in most similar areas.
10.4% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 2.9% of the population having served, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Dundas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11315/dundas/topic/community