25.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jackson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jackson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of residents in Jackson give their time to volunteering, which is far above the national rate. This high level of community spirit stands out in a place where very few people provide unpaid care or have served in the defence force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here perform unpaid care roles, with only 6.4% providing care and 17% looking after children, both of which are well below national figures.
6.4% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the state average 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 Jackson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31421/jackson/topic/community