17.2% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dolphin Heads · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dolphin Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than average rate of volunteering defines community life in Dolphin Heads. About 17.2% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the figures for both Queensland and Australia. This suggests a strong local commitment to unpaid community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 17.2% volunteering rate is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, though it sits around the middle when compared to similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children involves 26.9% of people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Meanwhile, 12.3% provide other unpaid care, while 20.1% do 15 or more hours of housework—a figure lower than most areas.
12.3% ▲ +82.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
Defence service is recorded for 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure, though it is a little below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Dolphin Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30860/dolphin-heads/topic/community