16.2% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Eden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Eden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local community involvement in Glen Eden has remained steady, with 16.2% of residents volunteering their time. The area is most notable for its high number of unpaid childcare providers, which is well above both state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates sit at 16.2%, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This puts the area around the middle compared to similar places.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A striking 34.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those providing other unpaid care are few at 9.5%, a figure a little below the national average.
9.5% ▲ +58.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.5% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average, though a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31145/glen-eden/topic/community