13.0% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Queanbeyan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Queanbeyan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of military service set Queanbeyan apart from other regions. While 5.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, other community activities like volunteering and unpaid care are less common here than in most of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13% of people in Queanbeyan volunteer, which is much lower than in most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than elsewhere, with only 10.7% of people providing care. This is mirrored in housework, where those spending 15 or more hours a week on chores are well below the national figure.
10.7% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
A striking 5.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
5.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality 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 Queanbeyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13304/queanbeyan/topic/community