10.4% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Theodore · State Electorate
Community Participation in Theodore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Theodore than in most similar areas. While only 10.4% of the community volunteers—a figure that has dropped sharply since 2011—the area sees a very high rate of people looking after children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. Only 10.4% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 33% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, about 20.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 11.3% provide other unpaid care.
11.3% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 2.7% of the population have 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%.
2.7%
Lower than 54% 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 Theodore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30083/theodore/topic/community