20.1% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Augathella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Augathella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define the community spirit in Augathella. About 20.1% of residents give their time to volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong local engagement stands out against a more typical pattern of unpaid care and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.1% of people pitching in. This is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—only 7.5% provide general unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas. Around 22.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure slightly above the state and national average.
7.5% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 seen in 2.2% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8% and a little below Queensland's 3.9%.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Augathella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30102/augathella/topic/community