13.6% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dubbo · Urban Area
Community Participation in Dubbo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer numbers have fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011 in Dubbo, where 13.6% of people now give their time to others. While this is lower than most areas, it remains about the same as the New South Wales and national figures. The area is marked by a high number of people providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped from 18.9% in 2011 to 13.6% today. This current rate is lower than most other areas, though it is about the same as the typical New South Wales resident.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 28.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the New South Wales figure. In contrast, only 19.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
11.5% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 87% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 81% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 uncommon here, with 2.3% of people having served. This is much lower than most other areas, but about the same as the state and national figures.
2.3%
Lower than 89% of urban area 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 Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1012/dubbo/topic/community