21.5% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tingoora · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tingoora
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of residents in Tingoora volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This community is highly active in giving back and supporting others through various unpaid roles. Most notably, it has a very strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to most areas, 14.9% provide some form of unpaid care. Additionally, 28.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.9% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.6% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
Military service is common here, with 8.5% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.5%
Higher than 92% 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 Tingoora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32832/tingoora/topic/community