19.4% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gumdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gumdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Gumdale are now contributing their time to others compared to previous years. This is especially true for those looking after children, with 40.1% of residents providing unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.4% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in the area; 26.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. While many residents care for children, the 11.9% who provide other types of unpaid care is about the same as the Australian average.
11.9% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.1% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.3%. This is about the same as the Australian figure, though a little below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Gumdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31266/gumdale/topic/community