10.8% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenden · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Glenden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care define Glenden compared to most similar areas. Only 10.8% of people here volunteer, and the number of residents providing unpaid care is among the lowest in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen to 10.8% since 2011, leaving Glenden well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.6% of people care for children unpaid—slightly above the national figure—the area has very low rates of other unpaid work. Only 6.8% provide unpaid care and 13.5% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below state and national levels.
6.8% ▼ -49.6%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.5% ▼ -54.7%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with 2.4% of people having served, which is much lower than most similar areas.
2.4%
Lower than 79% 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 Glenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322050/glenden/topic/community