15.8% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dalrymple Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dalrymple Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Dalrymple Heights is marked by a high level of unpaid care and a strong history of military service. While only 15.8% of people volunteer, this is still a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is slightly more common here than in the rest of Australia, with 15.8% of people pitching in, although this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 34.2% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home work is seen alongside a much higher rate of unpaid care for others (18.4%) compared to the rest of the country.
18.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.2% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 34.2%
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 very prominent in the area, with 10.3% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
10.3%
Higher than 96% 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 Dalrymple Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30798/dalrymple-heights/topic/community