18.9% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toowong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Toowong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Toowong are volunteering than they were in 2011, but the area still has a very active community. About 18.9% of residents give their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas, though the rate has fallen 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common in Toowong than in most areas; for example, only 18.8% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the 26.3% national figure.
7.8% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.0% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
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.
About 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national rates.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Toowong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305041137/toowong/topic/community