11.0% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Durack · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Durack
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering and unpaid housework set Durack apart from the rest of the state. Only 11% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas, with 11% of people giving their time compared to the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here handle heavy unpaid loads, as only 16.2% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid childcare is also a little below the Australian average at 23.5%, while 10.7% provide other types of unpaid care.
10.7% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30905/durack/topic/community