28.7% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Osborne · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Osborne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people volunteer in Osborne, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit defines the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are remarkably high here, with 28.7% of residents helping out, which is 15 percentage points higher than the figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.9% of people provide unpaid care, slightly above the state average. This is consistent with 24.3% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
12.9% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Osborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32237/osborne/topic/community