13.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Auburn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Auburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Auburn provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is far above the national average. While child care is common, other forms of unpaid work and military service are almost non-existent in this community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is a bit lower than most areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common at 36.4%, which is far above the national figure. In contrast, almost no one here provides other unpaid care or spends 15 or more hours a week on housework.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is well below the Queensland average.
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 Auburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30100/auburn/topic/community