19.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glengallan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glengallan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have shifted in Glengallan, with 19.5% of residents now giving their time to the community. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. The area is also marked by a very high proportion of people performing significant unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This level of community aCtivity is around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A far higher proportion of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework than in most areas, at 34.1%. Meanwhile, 26.8% provide unpaid childcare and 12.2% give other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as the state and national figures.
12.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 34.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
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 Glengallan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31161/glengallan/topic/community