12.7% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dalma · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dalma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of former service members live in Dalma, where 8.3% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure and stands out as a defining feature of the area's community profile.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 12.7% of people helping out, which is a little below the national and state figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common at 30.4%, well above the Australian average. However, providing other types of unpaid care is among the lowest at this level, with only 5.1% of people doing so.
5.1% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
The 8.3% of residents who have served in the Defence Force is well above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
8.3%
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 Dalma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30796/dalma/topic/community