14.5% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Norman Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Norman Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Norman Gardens provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care defines the local community's daily life, though other forms of volunteering and service follow broader state patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 30.6% of people caring for children unpaid, far exceeding the national rate of 26.3%. Other unpaid work is less common; only 19.6% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is a little below the national figure.
12.1% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 in Norman Gardens than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of the population having served, which is about the same as the Queensland average.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Norman Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32163/norman-gardens/topic/community