14.1% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Aloomba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Aloomba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than average rates of child care define community life in Aloomba, where 27.8% of people provide unpaid childcare. While most residents follow state trends in volunteering and service, more people here are involved in unpaid home and family care than in the typical Queensland town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people in Aloomba volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages, though this is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are common here; 27.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the national figure. This is alongside 22.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
12.4% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population, which is a little below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Aloomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30044/aloomba/topic/community