10.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gladstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gladstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Gladstone (Tas.) spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. While housework is common, other forms of community contribution are much lower than usual, particularly volunteering and childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 18% seen across Tasmania and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 28.2% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid are far fewer here at 13.6% compared to 26.3% across Australia.
11.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure and around the middle for similar areas.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60226/gladstone/topic/community