17.5% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dernancourt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dernancourt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Dernancourt contribute to their community through unpaid work and volunteering. Roughly 28.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than in most other areas. This spirit of contribution is seen across both formal volunteering and home-based care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the South Australian average and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 28.6% of people caring for children and 23.5% spending 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are a little above the national figures. Another 13.6% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
13.6% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
Around 3.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for both South Australia and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Dernancourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40362/dernancourt/topic/community