12.6% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taigum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taigum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Taigum has seen a shift in how people spend their spare time since 2011. While 4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, local volunteering is now much lower than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures of around 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national rate. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much lower than most areas.
11.6% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4% of the population. This is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Taigum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32717/taigum/topic/community