18.8% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alva · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alva
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual give their time to others in Alva, where 18.8% of residents volunteer. This community spirit is paired with a notably strong history of military service, though fewer residents are tasked with the daily unpaid care of children compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.8% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 18.3%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 25.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, a rate well above the 20.7% average for the state and nation.
11.5% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -33.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 25.1%
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 proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.7% of residents having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Alva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30048/alva/topic/community