22.5% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dardanup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dardanup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Dardanup, where 22.5% of people give their time to others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area also sees high levels of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.5% of people helping out. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, as 18.6% of people provide unpaid care—much higher than most areas. This goes alongside a high rate of people caring for children unpaid (31.9%) and 25.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
18.6% ▲ +67.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and lower than most similar areas.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Dardanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50386/dardanup/topic/community