18.2% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Texas · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Texas
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has shifted significantly in Texas (L) since 2011, with a noticeable drop in both volunteering and unpaid childcare. While 18.2% of people still volunteer, this is down from 26.2% a decade ago. Despite these falls, the area remains more active in community work than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 18.2% of residents who volunteer is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, though this figure fell 8.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most other areas, at 19.5%. Meanwhile, 23.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure of 20.7%.
11.3% ▲ +31.9%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.0% of the population having served.
4.0%
Higher than 61% 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 Texas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321101/texas/topic/community