20.3% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Range · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Range
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in The Range volunteer their time, marking a strong commitment to community activity. This is well above the 14.1% national and state figures. While local giving is high, other forms of unpaid work and service are generally lower than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A high 20.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is about the same as the national figure at 26.1%. However, those doing over 15 hours of housework (18.7%) and those providing general unpaid care (10.6%) are both lower than in most other areas.
10.6% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 53% 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 Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32804/the-range/topic/community