14.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Derrymore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Derrymore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Derrymore spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where domestic work and child care are common, while traditional volunteering is less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here, with 29.7% of people helping out, well above the national figure. This sits alongside a very high rate of people doing significant housework, though almost no one in the area provides unpaid care for the elderly or disabled.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.1% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 39.1%
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 Derrymore than elsewhere, with 8.1% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the national rate of 2.8%.
8.1%
Higher than 91% 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 Derrymore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30832/derrymore/topic/community