12.1% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Urraween · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Urraween
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to the rest of the country, marking a distinct profile for Urraween. While veterans are common, other forms of community contribution are lower than usual, with only 12.1% of people volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. At 12.1%, the local rate is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in the state or nation, at just 19.1%. However, 23.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.6% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
Urraween has a strong military connection, with 6.2% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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 Urraween [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32923/urraween/topic/community