13.0% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Gap · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Gap
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in The Gap take on unpaid roles compared to most similar areas. Only 13% of residents volunteer their time, and the rates of unpaid care and housework are much lower than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 13%, the proportion of volunteers is much lower than in most other areas and sits a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is uncommon here, with only 8.3% of people providing unpaid care and 14.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both figures are well below the state and national averages.
8.3% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
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.
About 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 The Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32791/the-gap/topic/community