9.9% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grandchester · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grandchester
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Grandchester have provided unpaid care since 2011, with 15.4% now doing so. This is a striking figure as it is much higher than most similar areas. While care roles are common, volunteering is quite low here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.9% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This rate is much lower than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.4% of people providing care and 24% doing over 15 hours of housework, both figures being well above the national average. However, the 22.7% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
15.4% ▲ +75.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.5% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Grandchester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31224/grandchester/topic/community