0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Doughboy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Doughboy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Doughboy are involved in formal volunteering or military service. While community-led work is low, there is a strong trend of residents taking on unpaid domestic duties and caring roles at home. This creates a sharp contrast between the lack of public volunteering and the high levels of private care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for this level of area, with 0.0% of people volunteering. This is far below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.0% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is reflected in the home, where 30.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
15.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
Military service is less common than in most areas, with 0.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Doughboy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30869/doughboy/topic/community