31.9% ▲ +78.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Durras North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Durras North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 32% of people in Durras North volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work and service, while having much lower rates of unpaid childcare and housework than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.9% of residents helping out, which is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than usual, with only 17% of people caring for children and 10.6% doing over 15 hours of housework, both of which are far below the national figures.
10.6% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.6% ▼ -64.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
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.
Service to the country is more frequent here than in most areas, with 6.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
6.4%
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 Durras North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11338/durras-north/topic/community