30.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Somme · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Somme
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap in community spirit defines Somme, where 30% of people volunteer. This is far above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%, making it one of the most active areas for unpaid community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Three in ten people in Somme volunteer, which is 16 percentage points higher than the national and state averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare here, with 0% of people caring for children or providing other unpaid care, which is far below the state and national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.4%
- 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 Somme 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 Somme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32585/somme/topic/community