20.2% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dimbulah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dimbulah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Dimbulah volunteer their time, which is a standout figure for the area. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.2% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of local life, as 16.5% of people provide care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 23.2% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the Queensland average.
16.5% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
Around 2.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most other similar areas and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Dimbulah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30845/dimbulah/topic/community