18.7% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4427, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4427, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in postcode 4427 volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community is more active in volunteering than most of Queensland, even as unpaid care and housework roles have declined significantly.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.7% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia. This figure has risen 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 7.1% provide unpaid care, and the share of people doing 15 or more hours of housework has fallen 12 points since 2011 to reach 16.1%.
7.1% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 68% 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 4427, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4427/4427-qld/topic/community