17.2% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gordon Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gordon Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Gordon Park, where 17.2% of people give their time to others. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of residents volunteer, a rate that sits around the middle for similar areas but remains well above the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.2% of people provide unpaid childcare—which is higher than most areas—the proportion of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas at 19.9%. Unpaid care for others is slightly lower than the national figure at 11.0%.
11.0% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
Around 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Gordon Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31210/gordon-park/topic/community