18.3% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4496, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4496, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in postcode 4496 provide unpaid care for children than the national average. While volunteer rates have dropped over the last decade, the area remains more active in community service than most of Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia. However, this is down 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 34.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, providing general unpaid care is among the lowest in the region at 7.9%, well below the 11.9% national average.
7.9% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 64% 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 4496, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4496/4496-qld/topic/community