13.1% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deagon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Deagon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About a quarter of people in Deagon provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution in the area. While many residents support their families, fewer people here volunteer compared to other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is common at 25.4%, nearly the same as the Australian average. However, 19.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
12.2% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.2% of residents having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Deagon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30818/deagon/topic/community