14.9% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Geebung · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Geebung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family responsibilities and a strong military connection shape daily life in Geebung. Around 30% of people here provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This focus on family care exists alongside a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is common here, with 29.9% of people doing so—a figure well above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.8% provide some form of unpaid care, and 20.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
12.8% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.5% of the population having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Geebung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31108/geebung/topic/community