13.2% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4221, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4221, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 13.2% of people in postcode 4221 volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. While this is about the same as the national figure, the number of volunteers has fallen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 13.2% of residents helping out, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than in most areas. Meanwhile, 11.7% provide general unpaid care—a figure that rose slightly since 2011—and 20.2% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
11.7% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the Australian average and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.8%
Lower than 55% 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 4221, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4221/4221-qld/topic/community