10.3% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forde · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Forde
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Forde than in most other areas. While only 10.3% of residents give their time to community groups, there is a much higher rate of people providing unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people in Forde volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This level of community involvement has fallen by 4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 30.2% of people providing this care, a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 11.6% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as across Queensland.
11.6% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 56% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 2.7% of the population in Forde has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%, though it is a little below the Queensland average.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Forde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED312/forde/topic/community