40.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grays Gate · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grays Gate
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Grays Gate, where 40% of people volunteer. This rate is far above the national figure of 14.1%, making it one of the most active areas for community service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the highest for areas of this size, sitting 26 points above both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 50% of people caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with 40% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 15% providing general unpaid care, both of which are well above the national average.
15.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 40.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate 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 Grays Gate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31232/grays-gate/topic/community