12.8% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gilston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gilston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Gilston provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above both the state and national averages. This high level of family care is the most prominent feature of community life here, though other forms of local participation are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less frequent here than in most other areas, with 12.8% of people giving their time, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 39.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare—among the highest rates for this level—only 11.2% provide other types of unpaid care, which is lower than most areas. Around 23.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a little above the Queensland figure of 20.7%.
11.2% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.4% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.3% of the population having served, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Gilston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31123/gilston/topic/community