16.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenorchy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenorchy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty-two percent of people in Glenorchy provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high level of unpaid care defines the community's social contributions, alongside a strong commitment to home and family work. While many residents dedicate time to their households, very few have a history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family and home duties are very common here, with 39% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, and 20.3% of the population provides some form of unpaid care.
20.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.4% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 39.0%
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, which is well below the Queensland average 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 Glenorchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31169/glenorchy/topic/community