21.9% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Darlington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of contribution defines Darlington, where volunteering and unpaid care are much more common than in other regions. More than one in five residents give their time to help others, marking the area as a highly active community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.9% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare and home duties are frequent, as 32.9% of people care for children unpaid and 27.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national average, though the 11.0% who provide other unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
11.0% ▲ +22.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in similar places. About 6.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30810/darlington/topic/community