19.2% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4353, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4353, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in postcode 4353 perform a high amount of unpaid housework, a rate well above the national figure. This area shows a strong commitment to helping others through high levels of caregiving and volunteer work. It also has a notably higher share of former Defence Force members compared to most of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.2% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This is a slight drop from 2011, when the rate was 21.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in this area, with 17.4% of people providing care and 29.0% looking after children. This is consistent with the 29.3% of residents who do 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
17.4% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▲ +44.9%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 4.9%. This is a little above the Queensland rate of 3.9% and the national figure of 2.8%.
4.9%
Higher than 87% 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 4353, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4353/4353-qld/topic/community