15.5% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tiaro · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tiaro
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 17.5% of people in Tiaro (L) provide unpaid care. While fewer residents now volunteer than they did a decade ago, the area remains more active in providing care and housework than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures, though this is 5.2 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.5% of people providing care and 29.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well above the state and national figures. In contrast, the 18.0% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average.
17.5% ▲ +52.8%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▲ +47.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
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 much higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 5.5%, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
5.5%
Higher than 84% 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 Tiaro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322121/tiaro/topic/community