27.0% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4492, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4492, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 13 percentage point gap separates postcode 4492 from the rest of the country when it comes to volunteering. This region sees far more people giving their time than the national figure, with over a quarter of the population now volunteering their services.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 27.0% of people helping out. This is far above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%, and the rate has risen by 3.5 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—a figure slightly above the national average—other forms of unpaid work are much lower. Only 5.3% provide general unpaid care and 13.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
5.3% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.7% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
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.
Only 1.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 88% 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 4492, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4492/4492-qld/topic/community