24.6% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Didcot · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Didcot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people give their time to others in Didcot compared to the rest of the state. About 25% of residents volunteer, which is 10 percentage points above the Queensland and Australian figures. This spirit of helping extends into the home and community through high levels of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.6% of people helping out. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life, with 22.8% of people providing care—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is reflected in the home, where 26.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly and 29.8% care for children unpaid.
22.8% ▲ +85.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
No one in Didcot has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Didcot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30842/didcot/topic/community