15.8% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glan Devon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glan Devon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Glan Devon provide unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. This creates a community where residents frequently support others through unpaid work and service, including a very high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of the population volunteer their time. This is lower than most similar areas, though it sits a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 17.2% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure. However, very few people care for children unpaid, at just 12.8%, while 25.6% do over 15 hours of housework weekly.
17.2% ▲ +43.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.8% ▼ -47.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 striking 8.5% of the community have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for its level and is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages.
8.5%
Higher than 92% 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 Glan Devon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31135/glan-devon/topic/community