13.5% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Avondale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Avondale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher than most areas, 4.3% of people in Avondale have served in the Defence Force. While military service is a notable feature, other forms of community contribution like volunteering and childcare are less common than in other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people 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 care for children is well below the state and national figures at 20.1%, but the area has a higher than usual 14.4% of people providing other types of unpaid care.
14.4% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 total of 4.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little above the Australian average and about the same as Queensland's.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Avondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30109/avondale/topic/community