3.2% ▼ -52.1%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ironbark · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ironbark
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 3.2% of people volunteer in Ironbark, which is far below the national figure. This lack of community activity is seen across the board, with very few residents involved in unpaid care or housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in the region, with only 3.2% of people giving their time, which is 11 percentage points lower than in Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is also very rare here; only 7.7% of people care for children and 7.5% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both far below the national average of around 21% to 26%.
2.9% ▼ -38.1%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.7% ▼ -38.6%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.5% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 1.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average but about the same as the national rate.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Ironbark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31408/ironbark/topic/community