14.8% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
4615, QLD · Postcode
Community Participation in 4615, QLD
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in postcode 4615 are volunteering and caring for children than they were in 2011. While 14.8% of the community still volunteer, this is a drop of 4.1 percentage points over the last decade. The area now sees a higher share of people providing general unpaid care compared to most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of people volunteer, which is a lower rate than most areas and is about the same as the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 16.9%, but 15.4% of people provide other unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, 24.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well above the Queensland average.
15.4% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 high share of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 5.8% of people having served, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 92% 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 4615, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4615/4615-qld/topic/community