12.1% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dales Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dales Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Dales Creek than in most similar areas. While nearly 30% of residents care for children without pay, volunteering rates are notably lower than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 29.6% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This is consistent with other high rates of unpaid work, including 24.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 13.7% providing general unpaid care.
13.7% ▲ +34.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national figure.
1.6%
Lower 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 Dales Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20701/dales-creek/topic/community