23.7% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orion · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Orion
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap exists between Orion and the rest of the country when it comes to helping others, with over a quarter of residents volunteering. This community is far more active in unpaid work and childcare than typical Queensland towns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 24% of people in Orion volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, as 57.6% of people care for children unpaid and 35.6% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 8.5%.
8.5% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
57.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 35.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Orion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32233/orion/topic/community