37.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Consuelo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Consuelo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of people in Consuelo volunteer, a rate that has remained high and puts the area far above the national figure. This community is defined by a strong culture of unpaid work, though very few residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37.9% of people giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 20.7% of people providing support and 31.0% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, the 13.8% who care for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
20.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 31.0%
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 Consuelo has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the 3.9% seen in Queensland.
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 Consuelo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30667/consuelo/topic/community