9.1% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dingo Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dingo Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of people in Dingo Beach provide unpaid care or have served in the military. While only 9.1% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure, many people are active in other forms of community and family support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 37.0% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a higher rate of unpaid care overall (14.9%), though the 13.6% of people caring for children is far below the state average.
14.9% ▲ +33.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.0% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 37.0%
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.
Military service is common in Dingo Beach, where 8.2% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% national average and among the highest rates for areas of this size.
8.2%
Higher than 92% 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 Dingo Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30847/dingo-beach/topic/community