28.8% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Teebar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Teebar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Teebar volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 28.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.9% of people provide unpaid care—far above the national figure of 11.9%—those caring for children unpaid (17.3%) and doing significant housework (17.3%) are both well below state and national levels.
26.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 6.5% of the population, which is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Teebar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32764/teebar/topic/community