32.8% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alpha · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alpha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Alpha volunteer, a rate that is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out in a town where unpaid care for children is much less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.8% of residents giving their time. This is far above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.1% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure, those caring for children unpaid (20.1%) are well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Similarly, the 19.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.
12.1% ▲ +70.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
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 Alpha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30045/alpha/topic/community