10.2% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fadden · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Fadden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 4 percentage points separates Fadden from the national average in volunteering, where participation has dropped significantly. Only 10.2% of the local population now volunteer, which is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures. This reflects a broader trend in the area where community engagement has declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Fadden are much lower than in most other areas. This figure fell 3.8 percentage points since 2011, leaving the area well below the Queensland and national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27.0% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. While 10.8% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, 19.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
10.8% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population. This is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%, though it is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.9%
Higher than 53% of federal electorate 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 Fadden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED308/fadden/topic/community