14.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Garnant · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Garnant
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid care defines the social landscape in Garnant. While about 17.4% of residents provide unpaid care, this is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This high level of support for others contrasts with a very small number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people in Garnant volunteer, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.4% of people providing support—well above the national figure. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average at 15.9%.
17.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average.
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 Garnant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31100/garnant/topic/community