12.1% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Glenvale provide unpaid childcare, making it the most striking figure for community involvement in the area. While childcare duties are common, other forms of volunteering and home-based care are less frequent than in most other Australian places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a common unpaid duty here, with 27.5% of people helping out, which is higher than most areas. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much less common here than elsewhere, at just 18.0%.
10.9% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.6% of the population having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Glenvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31174/glenvale/topic/community