12.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gunpowder · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gunpowder
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12.5% of people in Gunpowder volunteer, showing a lower level of community activity than most areas. This low engagement extends to home life, where the rates of unpaid care and housework are far below the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in other similar areas, with 12.5% of people helping out, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare in Gunpowder. Only 8.3% of people provide unpaid care, and the rates for those doing housework or caring for children are far below the national figures.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.4% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
4.2% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 3.0% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Gunpowder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31274/gunpowder/topic/community