25.3% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dotswood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dotswood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Dotswood than in most other areas, with 25.3% of the population giving their time. This level of community involvement is more than 11 percentage points above the national figure. It is a place where a strong culture of helping others stands out against state and national trends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.3% of people here volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid care here, with 0% reporting it—a figure far below the national average of 11.9%. Similarly, the 14.7% who care for children unpaid is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 more common in Dotswood than in most areas, with 6.6% of people having served, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.6%
Higher than 88% 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 Dotswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30868/dotswood/topic/community