11.6% ▼ -52.3%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Logan Village · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Logan Village
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Logan Village provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are lower than in many similar areas. This shift is most clear in volunteering, which has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen sharply since 2011, with only 11.6% of residents now helping out. This is much lower than most other areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common here, with 30.2% of people providing this support. Other home duties are more typical, as 23.3% do 15 or more hours of housework, while 12.3% provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
12.3% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.1% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher 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 Logan Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315052/logan-village/topic/community