12.5% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4504, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4504, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in postcode 4504 provide unpaid childcare than in other similar areas, with 36.6% of residents doing so. While many residents are dedicated to family care, the area has seen a drop in general volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas, with only 12.5% of people helping out. This figure has fallen by 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, at 36.6%, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 12.0% provide other forms of unpaid care.
12.0% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.6% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 4.4% of residents having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 82% 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 4504, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4504/4504-qld/topic/community