13.7% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Avenell Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Avenell Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Avenell Heights have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. While 4.6% of residents are veterans, the local rate of volunteering and unpaid childcare is generally lower than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much less common here than in the rest of the country at 21.4%. However, 14.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure and higher than most areas.
14.4% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
A striking 4.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Avenell Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30106/avenell-heights/topic/community