16.6% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glencoe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glencoe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Glencoe, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people across the country. This is seen in the high number of people looking after children and the elderly, alongside a notable history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people in Glencoe volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 31.1% of people care for children and 15.4% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well above the national average. Additionally, 26.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a figure well above the 20.7% seen across Queensland.
15.4% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
Military service is common in Glencoe, where 8.8% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% national figure and among the highest rates for similar areas.
8.8%
Higher than 93% 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 Glencoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31155/glencoe/topic/community