32.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gurgeena · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gurgeena
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Gurgeena than the national average, with 32% of the population giving their time. This strong community involvement is mirrored in a very high rate of unpaid care and housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 32% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 40% of people providing care and 32% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures. In contrast, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is among the lowest in the country at 0.0%.
40.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 32.0%
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, a figure that is 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 Gurgeena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31276/gurgeena/topic/community