12.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Darragh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Darragh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Mount Darragh compared to most similar areas. While formal volunteering is low, a large proportion of the population spends significant time on unpaid work and caregiving at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 40% of people doing over 15 hours of housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the 16% of residents who provide unpaid care, a rate well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%, though almost no one here provides unpaid childcare.
16.0% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 40.0%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
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 Mount Darragh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12764/mount-darragh/topic/community