16.6% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dicky Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dicky Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Dicky Beach shows a mix of community involvement that is generally typical for its size, though it stands out for its high number of veterans. While volunteer rates are modest, the area has a much higher proportion of former Defence Force members than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national and state figures at 22.1%. However, 13.2% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the 11.9% national average.
13.2% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.6% of residents being veterans. This is a little above the 3.9% figure for Queensland and double the national rate of 2.8%.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Dicky Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30841/dicky-beach/topic/community