10.1% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunmore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dunmore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid help at home in Dunmore than in the rest of the country. While only 10.1% of residents volunteer, a very large number of people spend their time caring for children and managing the household.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.1% of people in Dunmore volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care at home is common here, with 31.5% of people looking after children unpaid and 31.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures are far above the national average. However, only 8.1% provide general unpaid care, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 11.5%.
8.1% ▼ -43.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.9% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 31.9%
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 Dunmore has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is a little below both the state and national figures.
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 Dunmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11326/dunmore/topic/community