16.8% ▼ -40.4%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dalmeny · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dalmeny
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than five per cent of people in Dalmeny have served in the Defence Force, a figure much higher than most other areas. While volunteering is common, the local contribution to community and home life has shifted over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure. However, this is a drop of 11 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high number of residents, 26.4%, do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, the share of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 19.1%.
12.7% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 more common here than elsewhere, with 5.2% of the population having served, which is a little above the state and national figures.
5.2%
Higher than 80% 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 Dalmeny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115051/dalmeny/topic/community