13.4% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4519, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4519, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of Defence Force service mark postcode 4519, where 4.6% of residents have served. While volunteering has dropped over the last decade, there is a strong presence of people providing unpaid care and housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.4% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011, though it remains about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. This sits alongside a high rate of people caring for children unpaid (27.4%) and more people providing general unpaid care (12.6%) than in 2011.
12.6% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
A striking 4.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 86% 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 4519, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4519/4519-qld/topic/community