13.2% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Avoca
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 14% of people in Avoca provide unpaid care, which is higher than most similar areas. While child care rates are lower than the state average, a notable number of residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas but remains about the same as the Queensland and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are more common here than in most areas, though the rate of those caring for children (21.9%) is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national average.
14.3% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 more common in Avoca than in most similar areas, with 4.1% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30107/avoca/topic/community