13.6% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gordonvale - Trinity · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Gordonvale - Trinity
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A notably high 4.5% of residents in Gordonvale - Trinity have served in the Defence Force. While the area sees slightly more unpaid childcare and housework than the state average, volunteering has declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people volunteer here, which is around the middle for similar areas and similar to the national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 18.6% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid childcare (28.6%) and a little more do 15 or more hours of housework (22.2%) compared to the state and national figures. Meanwhile, 12.3% of residents provide other unpaid care, a slight increase since 2011.
12.3% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.5% of the population, which is much higher than in most other areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 84% 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 Gordonvale - Trinity [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306021148/gordonvale-trinity/topic/community