21.8% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Graceville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Graceville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Graceville provide unpaid childcare, a rate well above the national average. This community is highly active, with a strong tendency toward volunteering and supporting others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.8% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life; 35.5% of people care for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This helps explain why 13.8% of residents provide general unpaid care, a rate higher than most areas.
13.8% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.5% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Graceville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31220/graceville/topic/community