14.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Echo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Echo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people than usual spend their time on housework in Glen Echo, where 44.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid chores a week. This high level of home-based work stands out in a place where other forms of community and care roles are much less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people volunteer here, which is a similar rate to the figures for Queensland and Australia, though it is lower than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is uncommon, with only 7% of people providing this support, which is well below the national figure. Similarly, those caring for children unpaid are among the lowest at this level, at just 7%.
7.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.0% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 44.2%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average and lower than most other areas.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Glen Echo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31144/glen-echo/topic/community