19.3% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dayboro · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dayboro
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong tradition of service and family support defines Dayboro, where volunteer rates are well above the national figure. The area is particularly noted for its high levels of unpaid care and a significant number of Defence Force veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.3%) volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid family support is very common here, with 34.3% of people caring for children and 28% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above the national average.
12.9% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
Military service is much more common in Dayboro than elsewhere, with 7.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force, well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
7.3%
Higher than 90% 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 Dayboro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30816/dayboro/topic/community