10.7% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rankin · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Rankin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering in Rankin than in 2011, while child care roles remain common. Only 10.7% of residents now volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average and has dropped over the last decade. This highlights a shift in how people spend their spare time across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Rankin have fallen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011. At 10.7%, the number of people volunteering is much lower than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 29.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 11.3% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that rose slightly since 2011.
11.3% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 67% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population. This is lower than most other areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.1%
Lower than 67% 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 Rankin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED327/rankin/topic/community