21.4% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Gap · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in The Gap
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 5.7 percentage points since 2011 in The Gap, yet the area remains highly active. More than one in five people still volunteer, and unpaid care roles are much more common here than in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 21.4%, volunteers are much more common here than in most other areas, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 34.8% of people caring for children and 26.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the Queensland and Australian averages, alongside a higher than usual 13.4% providing other types of unpaid care.
13.4% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.8% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 Force service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.7% of residents having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 The Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304041103/the-gap/topic/community