11.2% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Algester · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Algester
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 31.3% of people in Algester provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While many residents are busy with family care, the area has a smaller proportion of volunteers compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major commitment here, with 31.3% of people providing unpaid care for children, well above the Queensland figure of 26.5%. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing general unpaid care are less common than in most areas.
11.7% ▲ +24.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.6% of the population having served, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Algester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30032/algester/topic/community