13.3% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dubbo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dubbo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering in Dubbo than they were in 2011, though childcare duties remain common. While volunteer rates have dropped to 13.3%, nearly 29% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the state figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2011 and now sits at 13.3%, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 28.7% of people providing care, which is well above the New South Wales figure. In contrast, the 19.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
11.4% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
Defence service is less common in Dubbo than in most other areas, with 2.3% of the population having served, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
2.3%
Lower than 82% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL112006/dubbo/topic/community