19.5% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4403, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4403, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in postcode 4403 volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in the rest of Australia. While volunteering rates have dropped since 2011, the area still sees a high level of unpaid care and support for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well above the national figure of 14.1%, with 19.5% of residents giving their time. However, this is a decline from 2011, when 26.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is much more common here than in most areas, with 29.3% of people providing this support. In contrast, the 11.8% of residents providing other types of unpaid care is lower than in most similar places.
11.8% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%, though a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.9%
Lower than 52% 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 4403, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4403/4403-qld/topic/community