9.8% ▼ -48.4%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Logan · State Electorate
Community Participation in Logan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare shape daily life in Logan, where 30.7% of people provide this support. While family care is common, local volunteer rates have fallen sharply and now sit well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of people in Logan volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has dropped by 9.2 percentage points since 2011, leaving the area well below the Queensland and national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 30.7% of people helping out, a figure well above the national 26.3%. Meanwhile, 11.8% provide other unpaid care, and 21.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
11.8% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8% and just a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.9%
Higher than 51% of state electorate 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 Logan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30044/logan/topic/community