41.2% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chirnside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chirnside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 41.2% of people in Chirnside give their time to volunteering, creating a community where helping others is a central part of daily life. This level of participation is far above the national figure and one of the highest for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 41.2% of residents helping out. This is 27 percentage points higher than the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people do a lot of work at home, with 35.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure. However, only 5.9% provide unpaid care, a rate well below both the state and national levels.
5.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 35.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
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 Chirnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30604/chirnside/topic/community