9.4% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Doolandella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Doolandella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 32% of people in Doolandella provide unpaid care for children, a figure well above the national average. While many residents look after children, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are much lower than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.4% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is common here at 31.8%, well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, other forms of help are less common, with unpaid care for others at 9.0% and those doing 15 or more hours of housework at 16.3%, both of which are well below the national average.
9.0% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 1.8% of residents having served, a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Doolandella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30863/doolandella/topic/community