7.7% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunkeld · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dunkeld
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Dunkeld now spend their spare time on community or unpaid work. Only 7.7% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 7.7% of people in Dunkeld volunteer, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales average of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 10.3% of people providing such support. This is lower than most areas, with only 7.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework per week, far below the national figure of 20.7%.
10.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.7% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 7.7%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national 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 Dunkeld [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11325/dunkeld/topic/community