10.4% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Gregory · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Gregory
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of former military personnel defines North Gregory, where 7.4% of people have served in the Defence Force. While this is one of the highest rates for similar areas, other forms of community contribution like volunteering and unpaid care are much lower than national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This is also much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than elsewhere, especially for children, where the rate of 14.3% is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, the shares of people doing heavy housework or providing general unpaid care are both lower than the state and national averages.
10.4% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
The 7.4% of residents who served in the Defence Force is well above the Australian average of 2.8%. This puts North Gregory among the highest areas for military service at this level.
7.4%
Higher than 90% 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 North Gregory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32174/north-gregory/topic/community