10.4% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Condon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Condon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap exists in Condon where military service is very common, but community volunteering is far less frequent than in other areas. While nearly 8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, only 10.4% of people volunteer their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 10.4%, the rate is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.4% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. This includes 24.7% of residents who care for children unpaid, a result slightly below the state average.
12.4% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 7.9%, which is among the highest for areas of this type. This is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
7.9%
Higher than 91% 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 Condon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30664/condon/topic/community