5.4% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Aramara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Aramara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Aramara compared to the rest of the country. While only 5.4% of residents volunteer, the area sees much higher rates of people providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.4% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 16.1% of people provide this support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with a much higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (32.1%), though far fewer people care for children unpaid (10.7%) than in the state average.
16.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 32.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is 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 Aramara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30073/aramara/topic/community