19.5% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jerona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jerona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering and service have remained key features of life in Jerona. Around 19.5% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution is mirrored in the high number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people in Jerona volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with 9.8% of people providing care and 19.5% doing over 15 hours of housework. Notably, the percentage of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
9.8% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
Defence service is very common here, with 9.8% of residents having served. This is well above the 2.8% recorded across Australia and the 3.9% seen in Queensland.
9.8%
Higher than 95% 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 Jerona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31439/jerona/topic/community