11.7% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Darley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Darley provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of family care defines the community's contribution, even though other forms of volunteering are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most other similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Darley, with 14.2% of people providing care, a little above the state and national figures. This is driven by the high number of people caring for children, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.2% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
About 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Darley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20712/darley/topic/community