13.3% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Traveston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Traveston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Thirty per cent of residents in Traveston perform 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. While many people handle significant chores at home, other forms of community involvement are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than in most similar areas, with 13.3% of people helping out, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 14.4% of people provide such support, a little above the national figure. However, those caring for children unpaid make up 23.1%, which is well below the state and national averages.
14.4% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 30.0%
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 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates seen across Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Traveston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32869/traveston/topic/community