12.6% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leyburn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leyburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Leyburn provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country, though more residents are stepping up to care for others. While volunteer rates are slightly low, the area has a notably strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than in most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far less common here than across Australia, with only 12.3% of people providing this care. However, more residents do unpaid housework and provide general unpaid care than in the typical Queensland town.
14.0% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.2% of Leyburn residents having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Leyburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31655/leyburn/topic/community