13.2% ▼ -42.0%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dauan Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dauan Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of all adults on Dauan Island provide unpaid care for children, a striking figure that defines much of the daily community effort. While child care is a huge priority, other forms of unpaid help and volunteering have seen a significant drop over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure. However, this is a sharp drop from 2011, when 22.7% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is very common here, with 52.6% of people doing so, which is far above the Queensland figure of 26.5%. In contrast, the proportion of people doing housework or providing other unpaid care has fallen and is now among the lowest in the country.
3.9% ▼ -67.8%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
52.6% ▲ +154.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
3.9% ▼ -82.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
A strong history of military service is evident on Dauan Island, where 12.2% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
12.2%
Higher than 99% 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 Dauan Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322033/dauan-island/topic/community