11.1% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arundel · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Arundel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 11.1% of people in Arundel volunteer, a figure well below both the Queensland and national averages. This low level of community volunteering stands out against other local activities, where unpaid care and service rates remain closer to the typical Australian experience.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with only 11.1% of residents taking part. This is well below the 14.1% recorded across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.6%) and general unpaid carers (11.1%) are less common than in most other areas.
11.1% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.6% of people having served. This is about the same as the national figure and only a little below the Queensland rate of 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 Arundel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30088/arundel/topic/community