12.6% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Donnybrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Donnybrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of veteran presence marks Donnybrook, where 7.2% of people have served in the Defence Force. While many residents step up to provide unpaid care, fewer people here volunteer their time compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of people in Donnybrook volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 15.3% of people providing unpaid care is much higher than most areas, the rate of those caring for children unpaid is far below the national average at 16.3%. Meanwhile, 25.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Queensland figure.
15.3% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.3% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
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 common here, with 7.2% of the population having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.2%
Higher than 89% 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 Donnybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30862/donnybrook/topic/community