15.3% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Collinsville · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Collinsville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Collinsville provide unpaid care compared to most similar areas. While 15.3% of people volunteer, this is a drop from the 21.2% seen in 2011. The town generally follows state and national patterns for community involvement and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is a lower rate than most similar areas and a fall of 5.9 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 10% of people providing this support. Similarly, those caring for children unpaid (23.3%) are well below the national figure of 26.3%.
10.0% ▲ +30.8%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Around 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Collinsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315023/collinsville/topic/community