14.1% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Aratula · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Aratula
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26% of people in Aratula spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is a significant amount of unpaid work compared to the rest of the state. Overall, the area shows a mix of domestic duties and a moderate level of community involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 14.1% of people helping out, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major commitment for 26.2% of residents, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.9% provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the state average.
12.9% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 portion of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 2.6%, which is about the same as the Australian figure and a little below Queensland's 3.9%.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Aratula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30076/aratula/topic/community