12.2% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Robertson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Robertson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Robertson spend their spare time in organized community or care roles. Only 12.2% of people volunteer, which is much lower than in most other similar areas. This suggests a local lifestyle where a small minority of people engage in unpaid community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 12.2% of people helping out. This is a little below the national and state figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is less frequent here than in most areas, at 22.4%, which is well below the national figure. Meanwhile, 11.8% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as across Australia.
11.8% ▲ +36.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
Defence service is less common in Robertson than in most areas. Only 1.6% of residents have served, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Robertson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32444/robertson/topic/community