15.7% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gladstone · Urban Area
Community Participation in Gladstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A notably high number of people provide unpaid childcare in Gladstone compared to the rest of the country. While about 30.3% of residents care for children without pay, other forms of community contribution and service remain closer to national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of people in Gladstone volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures. This rate has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common here, with 30.3% of people doing so unpaid, a figure well above the national average that has risen since 2011. In contrast, the 10.6% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
10.6% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 85% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 59% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 50% of urban area 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/sua/3006/gladstone/topic/community