20.6% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tirroan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tirroan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people pitch in as volunteers in Tirroan than in most similar areas. About 20.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia. This strong community spirit is seen alongside a higher rate of unpaid care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of people helping out, a figure well above the national and state average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life here, as 30.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 14% of residents providing some form of unpaid care, though the 11.8% who care for children is far below the national average of 26.3%.
14.0% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.8% ▼ -44.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
Defence service is more common in Tirroan than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of the population having served. This is about the same as the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Tirroan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32836/tirroan/topic/community