21.7% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Duffy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Duffy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Duffy contribute to their community through unpaid work than in most similar areas. The area is particularly active, with a high proportion of residents volunteering and providing care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of people helping out. This is well above the ACT figure of 18.4% and far higher than the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a big part of life for many, as 30.2% of residents look after children, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This trend is seen across other duties too, with 14.4% providing general unpaid care and 23.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.4% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.9% of people having served. This is about the same as the ACT average but well above the 2.8% figure for Australia.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Duffy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80048/duffy/topic/community