12.8% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Giru · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Giru
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Giru (L) engage in unpaid care and volunteering compared to most similar areas. While 6.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, only 12.8% of the community now volunteers their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped since 2011, falling 4.9 percentage points to 12.8%. This is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in other areas. Only 13.6% of people care for children unpaid—far below the national figure of 26.3%—while those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 16.9%.
7.9% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% ▼ -39.7%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
Defence service is a strong feature of the area, with 6.5% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Giru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322049/giru/topic/community