12.7% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4225, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4225, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in postcode 4225 spend their spare time on unpaid work or volunteering compared to most other areas. This is most evident in childcare, where the 16.8% of people caring for children is well below the national figure. Overall, the area shows a lower level of community and home-based unpaid activity than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped to 12.7% since 2011, a figure that is now much lower than most other areas and a little below the Queensland average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 16.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 16.8% caring for children, both of which are well below national figures. Meanwhile, the 10.6% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the state average.
10.6% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 proportion of people in this area have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 3.3% of the population having served.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 4225, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4225/4225-qld/topic/community