37.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Albion · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Albion
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Albion (Richmond - Qld) has remained remarkably high, with 37% of residents volunteering. This is far above the national figure and puts the area among the highest for volunteerism in the country. Local residents also contribute significantly more to unpaid care and housework than those in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37% of people giving their time. This is 23 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Albion, as 44.4% of people care for children unpaid and another 44.4% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are far above the national average. This is consistent with 18.5% of residents providing unpaid care, which is well above the 11.9% seen across Australia.
18.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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. This 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 Albion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30025/albion/topic/community