16.5% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Griffith · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Griffith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 16% of people in Griffith give their time to volunteering, which is much higher than most other areas. While community spirit is strong, the area has surprisingly low rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state and nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are a little above the national figure at 16.5%, though this is a drop from 21.1% back in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower here than in most areas. Only 23.2% of people care for children unpaid and 16.4% do over 15 hours of housework a week, both of which are well below the Queensland and Australian figures.
9.4% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.5% of residents having served, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate 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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED313/griffith/topic/community