37.9% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dulacca · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dulacca
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of people in Dulacca volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit defines local life, with residents much more likely to give their time to others than people in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37.9% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a regular part of life, as 25.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, 28.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a little above the national average.
13.6% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure, though a little below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Dulacca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30888/dulacca/topic/community