15.0% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Durren Durren · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Durren Durren
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A notable gap exists in unpaid housework in Durren Durren, where 30% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. This is well above both the state and national figures. While some residents contribute to the community through volunteering, the area's most striking participation trend is the high level of domestic work performed at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people in Durren Durren volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much more common here than in most areas, at 30%. This high level of domestic work sits alongside a higher than usual 13.8% of residents providing unpaid care, though the share of people caring for children is well below the national figure.
13.8% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
No one in Durren Durren has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
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 Durren Durren [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11339/durren-durren/topic/community