12.0% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Torbanlea · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Torbanlea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people provide unpaid care in Torbanlea (L) compared to the rest of the state. While nearly 19% of residents provide this kind of support, local volunteer rates have fallen since 2011 to just 12%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer work is much lower here than in most similar areas, and it has dropped by 4.8 points over the last decade to reach 12%. This is a little below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.6% of people providing support—a figure that rose 11 points since 2011 and sits well above the national average. This is consistent with the 29.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
18.6% ▲ +140.2%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.7%
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 more common in Torbanlea (L) than in most areas. About 4.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 72% 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 Torbanlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322125/torbanlea/topic/community