18.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
V Gate · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in V Gate
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people provide unpaid care in V Gate, reflecting a community where supporting others is a major part of daily life. This local commitment is seen in the high rates of unpaid housework and volunteering, which both sit well above the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.8% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in V Gate, where 34.4% of people provide care—a figure far above the national average of 11.9%. This includes 28.1% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework a week and 28.1% caring for children, both of which are higher than most areas.
34.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 V Gate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32925/v-gate/topic/community