13.2% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dundathu · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dundathu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and military service set Dundathu apart from most similar areas. While about 16.2% of people provide unpaid care, the local rate of volunteering is lower than usual at 13.2%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering is lower than in most other areas, with 13.2% of people helping out, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 27.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a much higher than usual 16.2% of residents providing unpaid care.
16.2% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 27.9%
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 larger share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.6% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian average.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Dundathu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30896/dundathu/topic/community