17.1% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ascot · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ascot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Ascot has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong culture of volunteering. About 17.1% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure. This suggests a high level of local engagement compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Roughly 17.1% of people in Ascot volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is less common here, with 23.0% of people providing this care, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 18.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is much lower than most other areas.
11.7% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Ascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30089/ascot/topic/community