26.5% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Daymar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Daymar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 26.5% of people in Daymar volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out in a place where few residents have served in the Defence Force. Most of the local unpaid work takes the form of housework rather than childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.5% of people giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia, and is much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major unpaid activity, with 38.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, only 11.8% provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
8.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.2% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 38.2%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Daymar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30817/daymar/topic/community