15.5% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ellerbeck · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ellerbeck
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Ellerbeck do a large amount of unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure. This community shows a strong tendency toward home-based work and a high rate of former military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare—slightly below the national average—the rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is far above the state and national figures. Conversely, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 8.3%, which is well below the national average.
8.3% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▲ +32.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 31.5%
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 high 8.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages.
8.6%
Higher than 93% 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 Ellerbeck [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30964/ellerbeck/topic/community