14.8% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Toowoomba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Toowoomba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of former Defence Force members live in North Toowoomba, with 4.4% of the population having served. While this is much higher than in most other areas, other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering and unpaid care, are generally lower than typical.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas, though this figure is about the same as the Queensland and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in other areas. Only 11.5% of people provide unpaid care, and the 17.8% who do 15 or more hours of housework per week is much lower than in most places.
11.5% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is notably common in North Toowoomba, where 4.4% of people have served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32186/north-toowoomba/topic/community