22.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Electra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Electra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer their time in Electra than in most similar areas. About 22.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This shows a strong trend of community involvement across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.4% of people giving their time, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the 20.7% national figure—those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 18.4%. Unpaid care for others is a little above the national figure at 13.2%.
13.2% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 Electra has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
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 Electra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30957/electra/topic/community