21.2% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glendale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glendale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement define Glendale compared to most similar areas. About 21% of residents volunteer their time, and the area sees a very high rate of people providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.2% of people helping out, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Glendale, where 33.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home support is consistent with 32.8% of residents caring for children unpaid and 15.1% providing other types of unpaid care.
15.1% ▲ +68.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.8% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 33.8%
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 higher proportion of the community has a military background, with 5.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.0%
Higher than 80% 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 Glendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31156/glendale/topic/community