12.1% ▼ -44.5%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dales Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dales Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 29% of people in Dales Creek provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the state and national averages. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 21.8% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 29.6% of people caring for children, which is well above the 26.3% seen across Australia. Similarly, the 24.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.7% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
Very few people in the area have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.6%. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 89% 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 Dales Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222014/dales-creek/topic/community