8.8% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ellen Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ellen Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.8% of people in Ellen Grove volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This community shows a higher-than-average rate of unpaid childcare, though other forms of unpaid work and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 8.8% volunteer rate is much lower than most areas and sits well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, at 27.6%. However, the 16.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
12.0% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and a little below the Queensland rate.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Ellen Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30963/ellen-grove/topic/community