14.1% ▼ -38.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glamorgan Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glamorgan Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Glamorgan Vale volunteer and care for children than in most similar areas. However, the community has a notably high proportion of former Defence Force members and a high rate of residents performing significant unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 13.1% provide some form of unpaid care, 26.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. This happens alongside a much lower rate of people caring for children unpaid (21.3%) compared to the rest of the country.
13.1% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
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 in Glamorgan Vale have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 6.6% of residents having served, well above the national figure 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).
More for Glamorgan Vale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Glamorgan Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31134/glamorgan-vale/topic/community