32.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Retro · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Retro
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines daily life in Retro, where 32.5% of people give their time to help others. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 32.5% of residents volunteer, which is far above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here at 27.5%, which is a little above the national figure. However, people providing other types of unpaid care are much fewer than in most areas, at just 10%.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 Retro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32420/retro/topic/community