12.5% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pialba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pialba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A surprisingly high 5% of people in Pialba have served in the Defence Force. This makes the area stand out for its military service compared to most other places, even though other forms of community contribution are generally lower.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with only 12.5% of residents giving their time. This is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia, which both sit at 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is well below the national figure, with only 18.7% of people providing this care. However, 13.4% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average of 11.9%.
13.4% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and sits a little above the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Pialba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32307/pialba/topic/community