15.3% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Girraween · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Girraween
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher than most areas, 5.5% of people in Girraween have served in the Defence Force. This community shows a strong mix of service and family support, with nearly 30% of residents providing unpaid child care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little above both the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Child care is a major focus here, with 29.5% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national average. Meanwhile, 21% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while the 10% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
10.0% ▲ +42.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Defence service is common in Girraween, where 5.5% of people have served. This is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian rate of 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Girraween [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70110/girraween/topic/community