11.3% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gaven · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gaven
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Gaven compared to most similar areas. Only 11.3% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is a little below both the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Gaven are much lower than in most other areas. Only 11.3% of the population volunteers, falling 2.8 percentage points below the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 25.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the 11.6% of residents providing other types of unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
11.6% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 3.1% of the people in Gaven have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
3.1%
Higher 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 Gaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31105/gaven/topic/community