19.8% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Drinan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Drinan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Drinan volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is much more common than in the rest of the country. This spirit of helping others is seen in the high rates of unpaid care and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14% of people providing care and 27.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well above the national average. However, the 20.7% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
14.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.9%, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Drinan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30880/drinan/topic/community