14.9% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gladstone · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gladstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Gladstone get involved in unpaid community work compared to most similar areas. While 14.9% of residents volunteer, nearly 30% are providing unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped to 14.9% since 2011, a figure that is now lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly 30% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. However, those providing other types of unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are much lower than in most areas.
10.5% ▲ +24.9%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
3.1%
Lower than 62% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL312002/gladstone/topic/community