21.6% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dardanup · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dardanup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and unpaid care set Dardanup apart from the rest of the state. Around 21.6% of people here volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, though the 21.6% rate has fallen by 5.3 points since 2011. This figure remains well above both the Western Australian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area, with 17.7% of people providing care—a figure that rose 13 points since 2011. This is well above the national 11.9%, alongside higher rates of people caring for children and doing significant housework.
17.7% ▲ +302.8%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▼ -31.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 Dardanup have served in the Defence Force, at just 2.3%. This is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 81% 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 Dardanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521018/dardanup/topic/community