9.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Columbia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Columbia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 31% of people in Columbia do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a place where residents are heavily involved in home and family care, despite having low rates of formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Columbia, with 31.2% caring for children and 15.6% providing other unpaid care. Both figures are well above the national average, and 31.2% of residents do significant unpaid housework, which is far above the 20.7% typical for Australia.
15.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.2% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
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.
A little above the national and state figures, 5.1% of residents in Columbia have served in the Defence Force, a rate much higher than most other areas.
5.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Columbia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30654/columbia/topic/community