14.7% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Albion · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Albion
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Albion than in the rest of the state or country. This is a place where only 15.2% of residents care for children unpaid, which is 11 percentage points lower than the national figure. Other community activities, such as volunteering, align more closely with broader trends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people volunteer here, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is a decline from 2011, when 19.3% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common in Albion, with the typical rates for housework (12.9%) and general care (8.3%) sitting well below the national figures. This includes the low 15.2% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
8.3% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.2% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.9% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 higher than usual 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 3.9% recorded across Queensland.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Albion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305031119/albion/topic/community