22.5% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tinaroo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tinaroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people have stepped up to volunteer in Tinaroo (L) since 2011, though the types of unpaid work at home have shifted. This community is now far more active in volunteering than the national average, with 22.5% of residents giving their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.5% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia, and the rate has risen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.9% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure, far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the rest of the country. In contrast, 25.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, a rate that is well above the state average.
13.9% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
About 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 3.9% seen in Queensland and the 2.8% national figure.
3.2%
Lower than 60% 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 Tinaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322122/tinaroo/topic/community