13.0% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eimeo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eimeo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 31.3% of people in Eimeo provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care stands out in a place where other forms of community work and volunteering are generally less common than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 13.0% of people helping out, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While many residents look after children, only 8.9% provide other types of unpaid care and 19.1% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are much lower than in most areas.
8.9% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 3.4%, which is higher than in most areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 61% 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 Eimeo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30951/eimeo/topic/community