23.9% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grosmont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grosmont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people in Grosmont volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit stands out in a place where residents are also more likely than most to handle significant housework duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.9% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—very few residents provide other types of care. Only 14.5% care for children unpaid, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, and unpaid care for others is also well below the state and national figures.
7.7% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.5% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8% and just a little below Queensland's 3.9%.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Grosmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31258/grosmont/topic/community