13.2% ▼ -37.2%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4343, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4343, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 21.6% of people in postcode 4343 provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. This figure is well below the national average, and the overall level of local volunteering has fallen significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply in this area, falling 7.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.2%. This is much lower than most similar areas, although it remains about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the state and national figures at 21.6%. Similarly, the 19.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most areas, while those providing general unpaid care have stayed steady at 10.9% since 2011.
10.9% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and sits about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 51% 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 4343, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4343/4343-qld/topic/community