18.0% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Abergowrie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Abergowrie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Abergowrie volunteer, making this a community where local contribution is much more common than across Queensland or Australia. While residents are active in volunteering, they are far less likely to be providing unpaid care or housework compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 18.4% of people caring for children and 17.6% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. General unpaid care is provided by 10.9% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure.
10.9% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 typical for the region, with 3.1% of people having served, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Abergowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30004/abergowrie/topic/community