14.1% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rubyanna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rubyanna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid care than the state average defines Rubyanna, where 16.5% of people provide care for others. This stands out as a key feature of the area's community life. While care levels are high, other forms of local participation follow broader patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 14.1% of people helping out. This is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a very high proportion of people providing unpaid care, including 34% who care for children, which is well above the national figure. However, the 18.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is a little below the state and national averages.
16.5% ▲ +52.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▼ -49.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
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.
About 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average and a little below Queensland.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Rubyanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32488/rubyanna/topic/community