18.6% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taabinga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taabinga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Taabinga volunteer their time, showing a strong local commitment to community work. This level of participation is well above the figures for both Queensland and Australia. Daily life here is marked by a high rate of unpaid care and a notable history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 19.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—unpaid care for others is much higher than most areas. About 15.4% of people provide this care, which is well above the 11.9% national average.
15.4% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -45.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
A higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.0%, this is a little above the 3.9% seen in Queensland and the 2.8% for Australia.
5.0%
Higher than 80% 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 Taabinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32712/taabinga/topic/community