15.8% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dundas · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dundas
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of military service shapes the community spirit in Dundas. While 11.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, far more than the national figure, other forms of local contribution vary from the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.8% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 8.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Other unpaid work is more common, with 21.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework, about the same as the rest of the country.
10.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.8% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
The number of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for similar areas at 11.5%, well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
11.5%
Higher 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 Dundas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30895/dundas/topic/community