22.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Abington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Abington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Abington volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.4% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure, only 22.4% look after children unpaid. This is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
No one in Abington has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Abington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30006/abington/topic/community