13.7% ▼ -41.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gordonbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gordonbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and volunteering mark Gordonbrook as an area with low community participation compared to similar places. While few residents provide unpaid care, the area has a notably high proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people in Gordonbrook volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in other areas, with only 8.5% of people providing care. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and the rate of people caring for children unpaid is also well below the state and national averages.
8.5% ▼ -33.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
A striking 5.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most areas and a little above both the Queensland and Australian figures.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Gordonbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31211/gordonbrook/topic/community