17.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Adavale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Adavale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 30% of people in Adavale handle significant amounts of unpaid housework, which is far higher than the national figure. While the community is active in volunteering, there are far fewer people caring for children or providing general unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of people helping out, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 28.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, those caring for children (18.8%) and those providing general unpaid care (7.8%) are both well below state and national levels.
7.8% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 28.1%
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 Adavale has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the 3.9% for Queensland.
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 Adavale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30010/adavale/topic/community