12.6% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alloway · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alloway
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people engage in unpaid work and volunteering in Alloway compared to other parts of the country. Only 12.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend extends to unpaid care and household duties, making community participation generally lower here than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon in Alloway, with 12.6% of people helping out. This is much lower than most areas and sits slightly below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 23.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national average of 26.3%. Similarly, the 11.4% who provide any form of unpaid care is lower than in most areas, while the 19.9% doing heavy housework is about the same as the state figure.
11.4% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas. Just 1.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Alloway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30042/alloway/topic/community