19.8% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Allingham · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Allingham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Allingham volunteer their time, making it a highly active place for community work. This level of participation is well above the national figure and has grown since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This figure rose 2.2 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.1% of people providing care and 27.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well above the national figures. However, the 18.8% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average and fell 27 points since 2011.
16.1% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -59.3%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▲ +157.6%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.0% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Allingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315003/allingham/topic/community