31.1% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dergholm · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dergholm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping others defines daily life in Dergholm, where nearly a third of the population gives their time to volunteers. This high level of community spirit is matched by a very high rate of parents providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.1% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 40% of residents providing this care, a figure far above the same rate in Victoria and Australia. While 24.4% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, only 6.7% provide other unpaid care, which is well below the national average.
6.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
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, a rate that is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
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 Dergholm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20742/dergholm/topic/community