20.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Midgenoo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Midgenoo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people in Midgenoo volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, despite having much lower rates of family caregiving than other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% recorded across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in the area; only 4.7% provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, the 18.8% of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most other areas.
4.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
Military service is very common in Midgenoo, where 8.1% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.1%
Higher than 91% 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 Midgenoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31829/midgenoo/topic/community