25.0% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gaeta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gaeta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of the people in Gaeta volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. This reflects a community with very high levels of unpaid contribution, from local volunteering to caring for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most other areas and far above the Queensland figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 22.6% of people providing care—a rate far above the national figure of 11.9%. While fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to other areas, 28.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
22.6% ▲ +80.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
More people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, with 5.7% of the population having served.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Gaeta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31092/gaeta/topic/community