16.9% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Middle Dural · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Middle Dural
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained steady in Middle Dural, where nearly 17% of residents volunteer their time. This is well above the New South Wales average. The area is also marked by a high proportion of people performing significant amounts of unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure and well above the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 29.5% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 13.1% provide unpaid care and 26.4% care for children unpaid, both figures slightly above state levels.
13.1% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 29.5%
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 seen in 2.4% of the population, which is about the same as both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Middle Dural [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12614/middle-dural/topic/community