13.8% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Doonbah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Doonbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and military service set Doonbah apart from the rest of the state. While volunteering is typical for the region, a striking 18.7% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people here volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 36.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a much higher rate of people providing unpaid care (18.7%), though the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is far below the state average.
18.7% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.1% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.6% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 36.6%
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.
A very high 8.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
8.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality 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 Doonbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11276/doonbah/topic/community