11.5% ▼ -50.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dyers Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dyers Crossing
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Dyers Crossing has shifted since 2011, with a notable trend toward more people managing heavy housework. While overall volunteering is lower than most areas, there is a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A far higher share of residents do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework (32.5%) compared to the New South Wales figure of 21.2%. However, people providing unpaid care or looking after children are well below the national averages.
9.2% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.5% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 32.5%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.4% of people having served, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Dyers Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11341/dyers-crossing/topic/community