11.6% ▲ +72.2%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dysart · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dysart
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 5.7% of people in Dysart provide unpaid care, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas. While volunteering has grown since 2011, the town generally shows lower levels of community and care activities compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has risen by 4.9 points since 2011, but at 11.6%, it remains much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 26.2%, which is about the same as the national figure, although this fell 14 points since 2011. Meanwhile, people doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.0%) and those providing general unpaid care (5.7%) are both well below the state and national figures.
5.7% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▲ +221.1%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in Dysart, with only 2.4% of people having served. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 79% 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 Dysart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315031/dysart/topic/community