11.7% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ebenezer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ebenezer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Ebenezer than in most similar areas. While 17.5% of residents provide this support, volunteering is much lower than usual for the region. These figures highlight a community where care is focused more on the home than on public service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is a little below both the Queensland and Australian rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 17.5% of people doing so—well above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 24.5% care for children unpaid, and 21.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
17.5% ▲ +73.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
Defence service is very common in Ebenezer, with 9.0% of people having served. This is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and more than double the Australian average of 2.8%.
9.0%
Higher than 94% 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 Ebenezer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30939/ebenezer/topic/community