10.5% ▼ -40.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dakabin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dakabin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Dakabin than in most other areas, with 32.8% of residents performing these duties. This strong focus on family care stands in contrast to the local volunteering rate, which is significantly lower than both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 32.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—those spending 15 or more hours a week on housework are much fewer than in most areas at 18.0%. Unpaid care for others is lower than most areas at 10.8%.
10.8% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 18.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of the population having served, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Dakabin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30789/dakabin/topic/community