13.1% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tiaro · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tiaro
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 16% of people in Tiaro provide unpaid care for others, a rate well above the national figure. This highlights a community where looking after family or friends is a significant part of daily life, despite a lower rate of formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Queensland average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the national rate of 26.3%, the area has a high proportion of people doing heavy housework and general unpaid care, both of which are well above state and national figures.
16.2% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most other areas, with 5.3% of the population having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Tiaro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32824/tiaro/topic/community