13.6% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Guanaba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Guanaba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of residents in Guanaba do a significant amount of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure. This high level of home-based work sits alongside common rates of volunteering and caregiving across the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 13.6% of people helping out, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 28% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, far exceeding the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 26.1% care for children unpaid and 12.6% provide other unpaid care, both of which are around the middle for similar areas.
12.6% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
Defence service is typical for the region, with 2.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Guanaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31260/guanaba/topic/community