14.8% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taroomball · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taroomball
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Taroomball is marked by a strong commitment to family and home, with 32.3% of people providing unpaid childcare. This is well above both state and national figures. While volunteering is common, the most striking feature is the high level of unpaid work within the household.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 32.3% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside 24.1% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is also well above the state average.
12.3% ▲ +62.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
More people have served in the Defence Force in Taroomball than in most similar areas, with 3.8% of the population having served, which is about the same as the Queensland average.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Taroomball [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32756/taroomball/topic/community