16.7% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dumbleton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dumbleton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Dumbleton than in other parts of the state. While volunteering is slightly more common here than across the country, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid caregiving and childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people in Dumbleton volunteer, which is a little above the national and state figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas, with only 8.3% of people doing so compared to 11.5% in Queensland. This includes a well below average rate of people caring for children unpaid at 20.1%.
8.3% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 Force veterans make up 2.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Dumbleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30891/dumbleton/topic/community