11.8% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Delan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Delan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 6.7% of people in Delan have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure. While many residents provide unpaid care, others are less likely to volunteer than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. Only 11.8% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common for 15.3% of residents, well above the national figure. However, this is not driven by childcare, as the 10.1% of people caring for children is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.3% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.1% ▼ -63.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -47.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Delan than in most similar areas. At 6.7%, the rate is a little above the Queensland figure and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.7%
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 Delan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30828/delan/topic/community