12.3% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gatton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gatton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are spending their spare time on unpaid duties in Gatton compared to other areas. This is most evident in childcare and housework, where numbers have dropped significantly since 2011. Only 12.3% of residents currently volunteer, which is a little below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 5.1 percentage points since 2011 to 12.3%. This is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Queensland average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work has declined sharply, with the share of people caring for children falling 12 points to 20.3% since 2011. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, and housework and general unpaid care are also much lower than in most other areas.
9.8% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than in most similar areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 81% 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 Gatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314010/gatton/topic/community