28.3% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Durong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Durong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher rate of volunteering than the state average marks Durong as a community that gives back. Nearly 28.3% of people here volunteer, which is double the figure seen across Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.3% of residents giving their time. This is far above the national and state figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.4% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure, only 17.6% care for children unpaid. This is well below the Australian average of 26.3%, yet 33.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average.
13.4% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.7% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 33.7%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most areas. About 5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.0%
Higher than 80% 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 Durong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30909/durong/topic/community