19.4% ▼ -36.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Degilbo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Degilbo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and military service mark Degilbo compared to most similar areas. While typical for its level in some ways, nearly 20% of residents volunteer, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.4% of people in Degilbo volunteer, a result that is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.1% of people providing it, which is well above the national figure. This happens alongside 23.2% of residents doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, though the 12.3% who care for children unpaid is far below the state and national averages.
16.1% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% ▼ -42.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.4% of the population, which is well above the 2.8% typical for Australia.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Degilbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30827/degilbo/topic/community