17.6% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4606, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4606, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have spent their time volunteering or caring for children in postcode 4606 since 2011. While volunteer rates have dropped, 15.8% of the population now provides unpaid care, a figure that is much higher than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national and state figure of 14.1%. However, this is a decline from 2011, when one in four residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 18.1%. Meanwhile, 25.9% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly, and the rate of people providing unpaid care has risen to 15.8%, which is well above the national figure.
15.8% ▲ +38.3%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.1% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
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 total of 6.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.1%
Higher than 93% 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 4606, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4606/4606-qld/topic/community