17.1% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Diamond Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Diamond Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Diamond Valley has shifted over the last decade, with 17.1% of residents now volunteering. This is well above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. While many people give their time to others, fewer residents here provide unpaid childcare compared to other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of people in Diamond Valley volunteer, which is 3.0 percentage points higher than the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is less common here, with 23.4% of people caring for children, well below the state's 26.5%. However, 23.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is a little above the national figure of 20.7%.
12.0% ▲ +28.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Diamond Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30838/diamond-valley/topic/community