41.2% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenrae · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenrae
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than four in ten people in Glenrae volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is reflected in a local population that is much more likely to provide unpaid care and housework than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the highest for this level of area, with 41.2% of people giving their time, which is 27 percentage points higher than the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 37.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 17.6% provide unpaid care—well above the state average—the 23.5% who care for children is a little below the national rate.
17.6% ▲ +102.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.3% ▲ +44.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 37.3%
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 Glenrae has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate 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 Glenrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31171/glenrae/topic/community