21.0% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Geham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Geham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to others in Geham than in most similar areas. The community is marked by high levels of helping out, with 21% of residents volunteering and a strong presence of former Defence Force members. This spirit of service extends into the home, where unpaid care is much more common than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 16.4% of residents providing care. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%, and 25.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
16.4% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 6.6% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.6%
Higher than 88% 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 Geham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31109/geham/topic/community