33.0% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tablelands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tablelands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 33% of people in Tablelands volunteer, which is far above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit defines the area's social landscape. While volunteering is very common, other forms of unpaid work are less frequent than in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 33% of residents giving their time, which is 19 percentage points higher than the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. However, those caring for children unpaid are well below the state and national averages at 21%, while 25% do 15 or more hours of housework per week.
13.0% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -45.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
Around 3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Tablelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32714/tablelands/topic/community