10.0% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4216, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4216, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10% of people in postcode 4216 volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. This low level of community participation is mirrored in unpaid care, where far fewer people look after children compared to other areas. The region has seen a general decline in these activities since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 3.9 percentage points since 2011 to 10%. This is much lower than most other areas and well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 20.2%, which is well below the 26.3% national figure. Meanwhile, 19.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, a little below the national average, while 11.2% provide some form of unpaid care.
11.2% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
A higher share of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.5%, this is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.5%
Higher than 65% 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 4216, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4216/4216-qld/topic/community