14.4% —
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gladstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Gladstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and housework set Gladstone apart from the rest of the state and country. While 14.4% of residents volunteer, this is roughly the same as the national figure. Overall, fewer people here are involved in unpaid domestic or care roles compared to typical Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people in Gladstone volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and almost identical to the national figure. This is a drop from 2016, when 16.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are much less common here than in most areas. Only 21.9% of people care for children unpaid and 17.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figures. Meanwhile, those providing other unpaid care rose to 10.0% since 2016.
10.0% —
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% —
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% —
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 17.7%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 3.4%, which is higher than most areas. This is about the same as the Queensland average of 3.9% and the national figure of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 64% 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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308051534/gladstone/topic/community