9.1% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eagleby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eagleby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Less than one in ten people in Eagleby volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas. This highlights a community where very few residents spend their spare time in unpaid volunteer roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of people volunteer here, a figure that is well below the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.6% of residents provide unpaid care—a little above the state average—the proportions of people doing unpaid housework (19.0%) or caring for children (23.3%) are both lower than most areas.
12.6% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
A higher share of people in Eagleby have served in the Defence Force (3.6%) compared to most other areas, though this is about the same as the national figure.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Eagleby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30915/eagleby/topic/community