30.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jimbour East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jimbour East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 16 percentage point gap separates Jimbour East from the rest of the state when it comes to volunteering. This is a place where people give their time freely, and residents are far more likely to help out in their community than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.5% of people helping out. This is far above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for many, as 17.9% of people provide this support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is alongside 23.8% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, a rate well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 2.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and is lower than most other similar areas.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Jimbour East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31441/jimbour-east/topic/community