21.7% ▲ +59.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dunk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Dunk and the rest of the country when it comes to community roles, with a very high rate of volunteering but almost no unpaid care. About 21.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Dunk, where 21.7% of people give their time. This is higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is almost non-existent here, with 0% of people caring for children, doing significant housework, or providing other unpaid care. These figures are far below the national and state averages.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Dunk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30899/dunk/topic/community