18.4% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alderley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alderley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Alderley give their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of contribution is seen across a community where residents are more likely to have served in the Defence Force than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of residents volunteer, a rate that is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children involves 26.1% of people, which is about the same as the national rate. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
10.9% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
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.
A much higher share of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.4% of the population having done so.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Alderley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30026/alderley/topic/community