19.1% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deuchar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Deuchar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Deuchar provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas. This community shows a strong lean towards helping others, with high rates of volunteering and unpaid housework compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.1% of residents giving their time, a figure well above the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Deuchar; 26.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside high rates of unpaid childcare (27.9%) and general unpaid care (13.5%).
13.5% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland figure and about the same as the national average.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Deuchar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30834/deuchar/topic/community