15.5% ▼ -51.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Tenthill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Tenthill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Lower Tenthill is marked by a strong commitment to family and home, with a very high proportion of people managing unpaid household duties. While 31.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, the area also sees a higher-than-usual number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 30.9% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is reflected in the 31.4% who provide unpaid childcare, a rate well above both the state and national averages.
14.4% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of the population having served, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Lower Tenthill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31694/lower-tenthill/topic/community