11.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dayton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dayton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people volunteer in Dayton compared to other areas, but the suburb has a remarkably high number of parents. About 38.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of people in Dayton volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 38.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—among the highest rates for this level—other forms of care are less common. Those providing unpaid care (7.3%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.0%) are both much lower than most areas.
7.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.3% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 0.9% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Dayton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50397/dayton/topic/community