11.1% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ormeau · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ormeau
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare define the community profile of Ormeau. While 36.1% of residents care for children without pay, this is far more common here than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common in Ormeau, with only 11.1% of people helping out, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A striking 36.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care (11.2%) or doing 15 or more hours of housework (21.8%) are less common here than in most areas.
11.2% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.1% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Ormeau [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32234/ormeau/topic/community