36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Teelba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Teelba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Teelba volunteer their time, a figure that has remained strong and stands far above the national average. This community is highly active in unpaid work, with a high number of residents caring for children and managing homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the highest for similar areas, with 36.4% of residents pitching in, which is 22 percentage points higher than the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 32.7% of people care for children and 27.3% spend 15 or more hours on housework weekly, both well above the national average. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care is 10.9%, which is a little below the Australian figure.
10.9% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
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 Teelba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32766/teelba/topic/community