18.5% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4402, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4402, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in postcode 4402 are volunteering and caring for children than they were in 2011, though other forms of unpaid work have grown. While 18.5% of residents volunteer, an impressive 21.9% provide unpaid care to others, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 5.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 18.5%. Despite this drop, it remains well above the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here provide unpaid childcare, with 14.3% far below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 27.5% do 15 or more hours of housework and 21.9% provide other unpaid care, which is among the highest for similar areas.
21.9% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
About 2.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and about the same as the Australian average.
2.6%
Lower 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 4402, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4402/4402-qld/topic/community