9.4% ▼ -72.0%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dareton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dareton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Dareton volunteer or provide unpaid care compared to the rest of the state. While only 9.4% of residents volunteer, this is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Community involvement and unpaid care work have both seen a steady decline in the area over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.4% of people in Dareton volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This figure has fallen sharply by 24 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in other areas. Just 13.3% of people care for children unpaid, and only 15.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures falling since 2011.
10.2% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% ▼ -44.7%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% ▼ -38.3%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
About 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 69% 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 Dareton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122048/dareton/topic/community