20.2% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ashwell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ashwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates and defence service have grown significantly in Ashwell since 2011. About one in five residents now volunteer, and the area has a very high proportion of former and current Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.2% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is far more common here than elsewhere, with 31.0% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. Around 27.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is slightly above the national figure of 26.3%.
11.9% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
Ashwell has one of the highest rates of military service in the region. At 15.0%, the number of people who served in the Defence Force is far above the 3.9% seen in Queensland.
15.0%
Higher 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 Ashwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30094/ashwell/topic/community