22.0% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4498, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4498, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people volunteer in postcode 4498, making it a place where community contribution is well above the national figure. While a high number of residents provide unpaid care for children and the home, overall volunteer rates have fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This is a drop from 2011, when 30.1% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 34.8% of people caring for children and 26.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. However, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 10.6%, which is much lower than most areas.
10.6% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.8% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
No one in this area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 4498, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4498/4498-qld/topic/community