15.7% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Doonan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Doonan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people do unpaid housework in Doonan than in most other areas, with 28.4% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. This high level of home-based work stands out against the national figure of 20.7%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of people in Doonan volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% recorded across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.4% doing significant housework and 27.7% caring for children, both of which are higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 12.4% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.4% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of the population having this experience.
3.3%
Higher 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 Doonan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30866/doonan/topic/community