11.6% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gracemere · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Gracemere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Gracemere than in most similar areas, with 34.6% of residents doing so. While child caring is very common, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are lower than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 11.6% of people helping out. This is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%, and has fallen 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common, at 34.6%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Other unpaid work is more typical, with 21.4% doing over 15 hours of housework and 12.6% providing general unpaid care.
12.6% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 service is about the same as the national average, with 2.8% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.8%
Lower than 52% 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 Gracemere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031210/gracemere/topic/community