35.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orange Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Orange Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Orange Hill spend their spare time volunteering, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of local contribution defines daily life in the area, where community involvement is much more common than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 35.7% of residents volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and 22 points higher than the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is more common here than in most areas at 29.3%, while those providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are less common than in most places.
10.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
Around 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland figure and about the same as the national average.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Orange Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32231/orange-hill/topic/community