12.6% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Drummoyne · State Electorate
Community Participation in Drummoyne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Drummoyne volunteer or provide unpaid care compared to most similar areas. While many residents help out at home, the area's overall community participation is slightly lower than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than in most other areas and fell 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is a little below the national figure at 24.7%, while 11.4% of people provide general unpaid care. Around 20.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure that rose 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
11.4% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
Only 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1.4%
Lower than 88% of state electorate 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 Drummoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10025/drummoyne/topic/community