11.9% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Five Dock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Five Dock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Five Dock volunteer compared to other parts of the country, though family care is more common here. While only 11.9% of residents volunteer, a higher than average 27.5% provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 11.9%, the rate is a little below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, reaching 27.5%, which is a little above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.1% provide some form of unpaid care, and 21.0% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.1% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Defence service is less common in Five Dock than in most other areas. Only 1.2% of residents have served, which is a little below the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Five Dock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11533/five-dock/topic/community