25.3% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Amamoor · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Amamoor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Amamoor volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a defining feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.3% of people here volunteer, which is 11 percentage points higher than the typical Queensland or Australian resident.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major activity here, with 34.1% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is also higher than most areas, with 14.3% of residents providing support.
14.3% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.1% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 34.1%
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.
Defence service is more common in Amamoor than in most other areas, with 5.4% of people having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Amamoor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30049/amamoor/topic/community