0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Howitt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Howitt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stark gap exists between Howitt and the rest of the country regarding community involvement, with no residents reporting they volunteer. While some people provide unpaid childcare, other forms of community service and care are almost non-existent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Howitt reports volunteering, which is far below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 30.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. However, other forms of support are rare, with 0.0% providing general unpaid care and only 17.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 residents in Howitt have served in the Defence Force, which 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 Howitt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31366/howitt/topic/community