15.8% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rathdowney · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rathdowney
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Rathdowney than in the rest of the country. While only 16.2% of residents care for children, a larger share of the community helps others through unpaid care and volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common, with 16.2% of residents providing help, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This stands in contrast to childcare, where the 16.2% rate is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.2% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.9% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Rathdowney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32394/rathdowney/topic/community