19.3% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Horton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Horton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure of 14.1%, nearly one in five people in Horton volunteer their time. This high level of community spirit defines the area, where residents are more active in unpaid work and service than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of people in Horton volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 12.7% of people providing care, while 24.1% look after children unpaid, a figure a little below the national average.
12.7% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 higher than usual 4.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Horton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31364/horton/topic/community