4.0% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deeral · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Deeral
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 4% of people volunteer in Deeral, which is a very low rate compared to the rest of the country. This lack of community activity extends to unpaid care and defence service, with local figures falling well below both state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 4%, which is 10 percentage points lower than the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.9% of people providing care and 16.7% caring for children unpaid, well below the national figure of 26.3%.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.8%
- 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.
No one in Deeral has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland rate 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 Deeral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30825/deeral/topic/community