12.4% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
D'Aguilar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in D'Aguilar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in D'Aguilar involves a high level of family responsibility, with 34.7% of people caring for children unpaid. This is well above the national figure. While few residents volunteer for community groups, there is a notable presence of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common at 34.7%, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with 25.5% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is also well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
11.3% ▲ +31.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 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.
A higher number of people in D'Aguilar have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of the population having served, slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 D'Aguilar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30783/d-aguilar/topic/community