50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alberta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alberta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of all residents in Alberta volunteer, placing the area among the highest for community participation at this level. This strong local involvement is mirrored in the high rates of unpaid care provided by residents compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 50.0% of people pitching in, which is far above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Alberta has a high rate of unpaid care, with 21.4% of people providing support, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with the 32.1% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the Australian average.
21.4% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate 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 Alberta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30021/alberta/topic/community