19.0% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toowong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toowong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering levels in Toowong have remained strong, with 19% of people giving their time to help others. This is well above the national figure and the Queensland average. While community spirit is high, there are far fewer people performing unpaid domestic or care duties compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people in Toowong volunteer, which is 19%. This is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.7% providing care and 14.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The share of people caring for children unpaid is also well below the national figure, at 18.7%.
7.7% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.8% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
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% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australiae.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Toowong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32854/toowong/topic/community