13.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gowrie Little Plain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gowrie Little Plain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Gowrie Little Plain and the national average when it comes to family care. While 40% of people provide unpaid childcare—far above the 26.3% seen across Australia—other forms of community service are much less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 28.3% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. However, the 8.3% of people providing unpaid care for others is much lower than most areas.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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 Gowrie Little Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31216/gowrie-little-plain/topic/community