16.7% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dalby · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dalby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011 in Dalby, though 16.7% of people still give their time. This means a higher share of the community volunteers compared to the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This is a decline from 2011, when 20.6% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher share of people than most areas provide unpaid childcare, at 28.9%. Meanwhile, 11.6% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is lower than most areas and similar to the national figure.
11.6% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
Only 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.7%
Lower than 72% of urban centre 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 Dalby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313003/dalby/topic/community