29.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Middleton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Middleton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people volunteer in Middleton, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out in an area where unpaid care for children and the elderly is much lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.7% of residents pitching in. This is 16 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common than in most areas, with 0.0% of people providing unpaid care. Similarly, 13.5% do 15 or more hours of housework and 18.9% care for children unpaid, both well below the national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.5% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Middleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31826/middleton/topic/community