18.7% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Agnes Water · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Agnes Water
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Agnes Water volunteer and serve in the military than in most similar areas. Around 18.7% of the population gives their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution is also seen in the high number of veterans living here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Agnes Water, with 18.7% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A smaller proportion of people here provide unpaid childcare compared to most areas, sitting well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 25.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
10.6% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas. At 4.3%, the share of people who served in the Defence Force is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Agnes Water [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30014/agnes-water/topic/community