35.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dixie · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Dixie volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is reflected in the way residents support their families and neighbours through unpaid work.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 35.3% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
35.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents take on unpaid roles, with 38.2% caring for children and 35.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures. However, no one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.2% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Dixie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30855/dixie/topic/community