17.3% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
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.
Volunteer rates have remained steady in Darlington, where 17.3% of people give their time to others. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure. Residents here are also more likely to provide unpaid care than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17.3% of people in Darlington volunteer, which is about the same as the South Australian figure and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.5% of people providing support—a rate much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 25.6% care for children unpaid, though only 19.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is much lower than the usual rate.
15.5% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national levels.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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/SAL40350/darlington/topic/community