16.7% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Diddillibah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Diddillibah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Diddillibah provide unpaid care and serve in the military than in most similar areas. Around 28.1% of residents look after children without pay, and 3.7% have served in the Defence Force. This reflects a community with high levels of family and national service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.7% of people helping out. This is a little above the national and state figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very prevalent, as 24.6% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the 20.7% national average. This is consistent with higher-than-usual rates of people providing unpaid care and looking after children.
13.1% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
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 higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 3.7%, this is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Diddillibah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30843/diddillibah/topic/community