0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gordonstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gordonstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Gordonstone and the rest of the country in how people spend their time. While a far higher proportion of residents provide unpaid care than the national figure, almost no one in the area volunteers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very rare here, with 0.0% of people doing so. This is far below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area sees a high level of caregiving, as 30.8% of people provide unpaid care—far above the 11.9% national figure. However, far fewer people provide unpaid childcare (15.4%) or spend 15 or more hours on housework (11.5%) compared to most other areas.
30.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Defence service is uncommon in the area. No one reported serving in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland figure 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 Gordonstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31212/gordonstone/topic/community