10.0% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4207, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4207, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10% of people in postcode 4207 volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas. While community volunteering has dropped, a high number of residents are heavily involved in unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in 4207 have fallen 4.3 percentage points since 2011. At 10%, this is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.6% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Other forms of unpaid help are less common; 12% provide general unpaid care and 20.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.0% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
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% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the state and national averages.
3.0%
Higher than 52% of postcode 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 4207, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4207/4207-qld/topic/community