13.1% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dunmora · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dunmora
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong focus on family and care shapes daily life in Dunmora, where nearly 30% of people look after children unpaid. While volunteering is less common than in other areas, the community is marked by high levels of unpaid home support and a notable number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are common in Dunmora, with 15.8% of people providing unpaid care, well above the 11.9% national average. This is consistent with high rates of unpaid housework (27.1%) and child care (29.9%), both of which are well above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
15.8% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.3% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Dunmora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30901/dunmora/topic/community