10.5% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Adare · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Adare
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people perform unpaid housework and childcare in Adare than in most similar areas. While 27.3% of residents provide unpaid child care, the local rate of volunteering is well below the national figure. This mix of community involvement shows a focus on home and family duties over external voluntary work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 26.0% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the 27.3% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, a rate higher than most areas.
12.4% ▲ +35.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
About 3.7% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Adare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30009/adare/topic/community