12.4% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gleneagle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gleneagle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 30.7% of people in Gleneagle provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the national average. This highlight of family support stands out in a community where other forms of volunteering are less common. Most residents focus their unpaid efforts on home and family duties rather than community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 14.5% of people providing unpaid care—well above the state average. This is consistent with the high rate of people looking after children and the 23.4% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.5% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Gleneagle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31158/gleneagle/topic/community