20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenrock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenrock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people get involved in their community in Glenrock than in most similar areas. A striking 36.7% of residents provide unpaid care, which is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This spirit of helping others extends to volunteering and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.0% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While few people do heavy housework or care for children unpaid compared to most areas, 36.7% of residents provide some form of unpaid care. This is far above the national and state figures of around 12%.
36.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
Military service is more common in Glenrock than in most similar places. About 8.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% national average.
8.8%
Higher than 93% 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 Glenrock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31172/glenrock/topic/community