18.4% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Duns Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Duns Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid home and family work define Duns Creek compared to most similar areas. Residents here are more likely to volunteer and care for others than those in the wider state or nation. This includes a notably high proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Duns Creek, with 18.4% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high here, with 35.1% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, 32.0% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the 26.3% seen across Australia.
13.6% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.1% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 35.1%
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.
A higher number of people have served in the Defence Force in Duns Creek than in most similar areas. At 4.4%, this is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Duns Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11329/duns-creek/topic/community