33.3% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Amby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Amby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in three people in Amby volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of helping out is a standout feature of daily life here, with 33.3% of residents volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.3% of residents helping out, which is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, the number of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure at just 8.9%. Meanwhile, 24.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national average.
13.3% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.9% ▼ -56.3%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
No one in Amby has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most other areas and well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Amby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30055/amby/topic/community