16.7% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scenic Rim · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Scenic Rim
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of unpaid support shapes daily life in Scenic Rim, where many more residents take on home and care duties than the national average. While 16.7% of people volunteer, the area is most notable for the high number of people providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people in Scenic Rim volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this has dropped by 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the 20.7% national figure. This is consistent with a higher rate of people providing unpaid care (13.7%) compared to the rest of Australia.
13.7% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
The area has a strong history of military service, with 4.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most other similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) 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 Scenic Rim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36510/scenic-rim/topic/community