5.5% ▼ -53.7%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gununa · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gununa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Gununa involves a high level of family responsibility but very little formal community work. Around 33.3% of people provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure, while volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.5% of people volunteer here, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen 6.4 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 33.3% of residents provide unpaid child care—much higher than most areas—only 4.4% provide other unpaid care, which is well below the Queensland average. Similarly, the 9.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is far below the national figure.
4.4% ▼ -65.8%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% ▼ -31.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.2% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
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.
A small number of people in Gununa have served in the Defence Force, at 0.9%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
0.9%
Lower than 94% 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 Gununa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315039/gununa/topic/community