25.6% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tabooba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tabooba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Tabooba now volunteer their time, a figure that has risen significantly since 2011. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong culture of care, as many residents provide unpaid support to children and others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in most other areas. About 25.6% of residents volunteer, which is 11 percentage points higher than the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 18.6% of people providing care and 30.2% looking after children unpaid—both figures are well above the national average. Additionally, 23.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the state figure.
18.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and lower than most other similar areas.
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 Tabooba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32715/tabooba/topic/community