13.1% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gatton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gatton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer residents in Gatton spend their spare time on unpaid care or volunteering compared to other similar places. Only 10.1% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure of 11.9%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.1% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas, though this is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 20.8% of people caring for children, which is well below the 26.3% national figure. Similarly, the 17.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
10.1% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.6% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the national average of 2.8%.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Gatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31104/gatton/topic/community