23.0% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jaggan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jaggan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has shifted over the last decade, with Jaggan now seeing much higher rates of volunteering and unpaid care than the national average. Around 23% of residents volunteer, and a significant number of people spend their time supporting others through unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23% of people pitching in, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Jaggan, as 33.9% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 31.6% of residents providing unpaid childcare, which is well above the national average.
13.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 33.9%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, a little above the Australian rate of 2.8%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Jaggan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31426/jaggan/topic/community