13.3% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toowoomba City · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toowoomba City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 1 in 5 people in Toowoomba City provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure. This area shows a general trend of lower community participation across unpaid work and volunteering compared to other similar regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas, though this is roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 8.5% of people providing unpaid care and 12.9% doing significant housework. Both figures are well below the state and national averages.
8.5% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.9% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.0% of residents having served, slightly above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Toowoomba City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32855/toowoomba-city/topic/community