27.9% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Denmark · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Denmark
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping out defines daily life in Denmark, where nearly 28% of people volunteer. This is a striking figure that sits far above the national average and most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.9% of residents giving their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.1% of people provide unpaid care, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are well above the state and national figures at 26%. Meanwhile, the 23.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Western Australian average.
12.1% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
More people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with a rate of 3.4%.
3.4%
Higher 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 Denmark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50404/denmark/topic/community